| 单词 | 詹尼斯 |
| 释义 | 〔Scopes〕American teacher who violated a state law by teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee high school. His trial (July 1925) was a highly publicized confrontation between defense attorney Clarence Darrow and the director of the prosecution William Jennings Bryan. Scopes was found guilty and fined a nominal sum, but his conviction was later reversed on technical grounds.斯科普斯，约翰·托马斯：(1900-1970) 美国一教师，因在田纳西州的一所中学里讲授进化论而违反了州法。对他的审判（1925年7月）是辩护律师克拉仑斯·达柔和原告律师长威廉·詹尼斯·布赖恩之间的公开的高度对抗。斯科普斯被确认为有罪而且被罚了一点微不足道的罚金，但对他的判决后果由于技术方面的理由后来得到平反 |
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