tribunal

tribunal — 名詞

1. a group of people chosen to act as judges and make decisions on legal disagreeme

1.名詞B2
釋義

法庭；裁決庭

專門處理特定類型法律案件的司法機構

a group of people chosen to act as judges and make decisions on legal disagreements or official complaints, usually for a specific area of law

例句

Amani testified before the employment tribunal about unfair dismissal.

Amani 就不公平解僱一事在就業法庭上作證。

collocation: employment tribunal / appear before [a] tribunal

The international tribunal ruled that the company must pay damages to local farmers.

國際法庭裁定該公司必須向當地農民支付賠償金。

tribunal + ruled + that-clause for a formal decision

同義詞
  • court

    broader term — courts handle general criminal and civil cases, while tribunals focus on specific areas

  • panel

    emphasises the group of decision-makers rather than the formal institution

  • board

    often used for internal or administrative bodies (e.g. appeals board); less formal than tribunal

  • commission

    a body that investigates or reports on issues; may not have binding decision-making power like a tribunal

文法句型

appear before [a/the] tribunal

[noun] tribunal

用法筆記

Tribunals differ from ordinary courts in that they usually handle a specific type of dispute (e.g. employment, immigration, housing) rather than general criminal or civil cases. The word is often capitalised as part of a proper name: the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

常見錯誤

❌The murder case was heard in an employment tribunal.
✅The murder case was heard in a criminal court.
💡Tribunals handle specialised disputes like employment or immigration, not serious criminal offences.