ostrich instruction

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instruction to jurors telling them they may equate willful ignorance with actual knowledge.
    — Based on this evidence, we concluded an ostrich instruction was appropriate because a jury could reasonably conclude that he had deliberately avoided the truth.

词形变化

ostrich instructions plural

词源

After the supposed habit of the ostrich of burying its head in the sand to avoid danger by not seeing it.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary