The trial was all but done.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

The trial of Socrates takes place in the year 399 and all of these refer to before the common era 399.

苏格拉底的审判,发生在公元前399年，这些,全都指向共同年代─399年之前。

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He is, after all, on trial for his life, for the charge of impiety.

他可是在接受生死攸关的审判，罪名是亵渎神明。

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"We were hoping that (a) that the trial should not have commenced, two,that it would be discontinued and all charges dropped, and three, that she would be found 'not guilty'.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

Since last year's inauguration of conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak who North Korea calls a "traitor" North Korea has restricted access to the zone, detained a South Korean executive for more than two months without trial, and cancelled all of the contracts governing rent and wages.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05