experiment

trial, experiment, test, try

这些名词均有“试验”之意。
trial: 指为观察、研究某事物以区别其真伪、优劣或效果等而进行较长时间的试验或试用过程。
experiment: 多指用科学方法在实验室内进行较系统的操作实验以验证、解释或说明某一理论、定理或某一观点等。
test: 普通用词，含义广，指用科学方法对某物质进行测试以估价其性质或效能等。
try: 普通用词，多用于口语或非正式场合，指试一试。

名词 experiment:

1. the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
   同义词：experimentation
2. the testing of an idea
   同义词：experimentation
3. a venture at something new or different

动词 experiment:

1. to conduct a test or investigation
2. try something new, as in order to gain experience
   同义词：try out

1. The teacher gave each of us a piece of filter paper before doing the experiment.
   做试验前，老师给我们每个人发了一张滤纸。
2. We are doing a chemical experiment.
   我们正在做化学实验。
3. According to expert opinions, they gave up the experiment immediately.
   根据专家们的意见，他们马上放弃了这项试验。
4. The students will have an experiment in the laboratory tomorrow.
   学生们明天要在实验室里做实验。
5. We will do a Chemistry experiment this Friday.
   这个周五我们要做化学试验。
6. Small businesses are anxious to experiment with computers.
   小型企业都急于试用计算机。
7. Some scientists experiment on animals.
   有些科学家用动物做试验。

ex.per.i.ment

n.Abbr. exp.,expt.（名词）缩写 exp.,expt.

A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
实验，试验：在受控条件下为演示一项已知真理、检验假说的正确性或确定以前未试用过的某物的效能而做的试验
The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.
实验过程：做这种试验的过程；实验
An innovative act or procedure:
实验：革新的行为或程序：
例句：
.Democracy is only an experiment in government.(William Ralph Inge)
.民主仅是政府内的一项实验.(威廉·拉尔夫·英奇)

The result of experimentation:
实验的结果：
例句：
.We are not[nature`s] only experiment. (R. Buckminster Fuller)
.我们不是[大自然] 仅有的实验品. (R.巴克敏斯特·富勒)

v.intr.（不及物动词）
ex.per.i.ment.ed,ex.per.i.ment.ing,ex.per.i.ments[-mμnt.]
To conduct an experiment.
进行试验
To try something new, especially in order to gain experience:
尝试：试用新事物，尤指为获得经验：
例句：
experiment with new methods of teaching.
试验新的教学方法

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin experomentum
源自 拉丁语 experomentum
from experoro [to try] * see per- 3
源自 experoro [试，尝试] *参见 per- 3

【引伸】
exper.iment.er
n.（名词）