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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.