كيف تنطق "a kangaroo court"
expression
uh KANG-guh-ROO KORT
uh kang-uh-ROO KAWT
التعريف
An unofficial court or legal process where the outcome is decided in advance, and fair procedures are not followed.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˌkæŋɡɝˈu/ /ˈkɔɹt
الإنجليزية البريطانية
æɪ/ /kˈæŋɡɐɹˌuː/ /kˈɔːt
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
uh KANG-guh-ROO KORT
بريطاني
uh kang-uh-ROO KAWT
استمع في السياق
The group held a kangaroo court to decide if he was guilty.
He said the hearing was just a kangaroo court.
The judge warned them not to create a kangaroo court.
Honestly, that meeting felt like a kangaroo court — they'd made up their minds before I even spoke.