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- a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact实验：
a laboratory which carried out experiments on pigs
一个用猪做实验的实验室
mass noun I have tested this by experiment.我通过实验对此进行了测试。
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- a course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the eventual outcome试验：
the previous experiment in liberal democracy had ended in disaster.
先前进行的自由民主试验最后成了一场灾难。
no obj.
1- perform a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something做实验：
experimenting on animals causes suffering.
用动物做实验会造成动物痛苦。
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- try out new concepts or ways of doing things进行试验：
the designers experimented with new ideas in lighting.
设计师们试验了有关照明的新观念。
派生词
experimentation
nounexperimenter
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin experimentum, from experiri 'try'. Compare with EXPERIENCE and EXPERT.