bail

英 [beɪl] 好意思 [beɪl]

n.保释；杓；把手；保证金；担保东说念主vt.保释；往外舀水；使解脱窘境 vi.舀空

◉词源

Bail（保释金/保释）约于15世纪晚期参加英语法律语境，源自古法语 baillier（录用、掌管），来自拉丁语 baiulare（承担包袱），由 baiulus（搬运工）繁衍。开头指“监护、托管”，后演变为“临时开释犯东说念主并提供担保”。演变进程：从“录用/承担使命”推广为刑事王法中的保释轨制，也发展出“舀出（水）”的用法（源自“桶”义的同源词）。词根 baiul-（来自拉丁 baiulus “搬运工”，可能与承载关联）

◉外刊例句

① The Guardian， 2026:

Ben Roberts-Smith released from prison on bail after being charged with five counts of war crime murder.

本·罗伯茨-史姑娘在被控五项战役罪谋杀后获保释出狱。

② The New York Times， 2025:

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for tougher rules on bail.

特朗普总统周一签署行政令，条款对保释执行更严格的法例。

◉ Usage Examples

(1) Bail was refused on the presupposition of his guilt.

(2) He repudiated the court's decision to offer bail.

(3) The magistrate refused his bail.

(4) She was granted bail with a surety of $500.

(5) Bail out a person committed to prison.

(6) Her family paid $500 to bail her out.

(7) We'll have to bail the water out if the boat is to stay afloat.

(8) The club faced bankruptcy until a wealthy local businessman bailed them out.

(9) The boat will sink unless we bail out.

(10) Our boat will sink unless we bail (out).

(1) 已猜想他罪名开采而不准保释。

(2) 他不接纳法庭的保释裁决。

(3) 地身手官不准他保释。

(4) 她交了500元保证金，获取保释。

(5) 把一个在押的东说念主保释出来。

(6) 她家里付了500好意思元把她保释出来。

(7) 要使船浮着，博亚体育咱们得把船里的水舀出去。

(8) 俱乐部当时眼看就要收歇，後来腹地有位殷商落拓勾搭，才解脱窘境。

(9) 咱们要不把积水断根掉，船就要千里了。

(10) 除非咱们把船舱里的水舀出去，不然咱们的船要下千里。

◉ Usage Notes

Bail can be a verb or a noun. When you bail (verb) someone out of jail， you post money， also known as bail (noun)， to assure the authorities that person won't try to run away before going to trial.

As a noun， bail means bond money. This comes from the Middle English word bayle， for "captivity." As a verb， the idea of "bailing out" comes from the later word baile， which means “dipping out，” a meaning you can use when you are trying to empty something flooded. If your boat has a leak， you should bail it out (then plug the leak). When you bail， in the colloquial sense， you escape in some way.

◉柯林斯辞书

The spelling bale is also used for meaning 5， and for meanings 1 and 3 of the phrasal verb. 拼写bale亦用于义项5以及短语动词的义项1和3。

1. [N-UNCOUNT 不能数名词]保释金 Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it， the money will be lost. [oft on N]

He was freed on bail pending an appeal...

他被取保候审。

The high court set bail at $8，000.

高档法院将保释金定为8，000好意思元。

2. [N-UNCOUNT 不能数名词]保释 Bail is permission for an arrested person to be released after bail has been paid.

He was yesterday given bail by South Yorkshire magistrates.

昨天南约克郡法院准予他获取保释。

3. [VERB 动词]保释 If someone is bailed， they are released while they are waiting for their trial， after paying an amount of money to the court. [be V-ed] [be V-ed to-inf] [usu passive]

He was bailed for probation reports...

他因恭候武断论说而获取保释。

He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.

他获取保释，将于11月5日在地身手庭出庭受审。

4. [N-COUNT 可数名词]（板球清醒中）三柱门上的横木 In cricket， the bails are the two small pieces of wood that are laid across the top of the stumps to form the wicket. [usu pl]

5. [VERB 动词]（往外）舀水 If you bail， you use a container to remove water from a boat or from a place which is flooded. [V] [Also V n] [V P n (not pron)] [V P]

We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically.

咱们拚命往外舀水，使它连接震动了几个小时。

Bail out means the same as bail .bail out同bail

A crew was sent down the shaft to close it off and bail out all the water...

一组东说念主员被派下矿井将其禁闭并把水舀干。

The flood waters have receded since then， but residents are still bailing out.

而后大水照旧驱动消退，但住户还在往外舀水。

6. [PHRASE 短语]（囚犯）在保释工夫逃逸，弃保兔脱 If a prisoner jumps bail， he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail. [V inflects]

He had jumped bail last year while being tried on drug charges.

旧年他在因涉毒被控告工夫弃保兔脱博亚体育。