Breathalyzer. A device used to measure the blood alcohol content of a person’s breath, esp. when the police suspect that the person was driving while intoxicated. • Breathalyzer test results are admissible as evidence if the test was properly administered. — Also termed alcoholometer; drunkometer; intoxilyzer; intoximeter. See BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT. [Cases: Automobiles 411. C.J.S. […]
driving while intoxicated/D.W.I. 〈美〉醉酒驾车 在醉酒状态或致幻药物影响下驾驶机动车辆的一种刑事违法行为。这种违法行为并不要求表现出完全的醉酒，各州法令详细规定了被认为醉酒者血液中酒精含量的标准，多数州将法定限度定为0.08%。刑罚也各不相同，例如，密西西比州〔Mississippi〕的最高刑为500美元罚金和6个月监禁刑；而纽约州的最高刑则为500-5 000美元罚金和4年监禁刑。 (→blood alcohol count; blood test evidence; breathalyzer test; drunk-o-meter; field sobriety tests; intoxilyzer; intoximeter; sobriety checkpoint; operation of motor vehicle while intoxicated)
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sobriety tests 醉酒测试 (→blood alcohol count; breathalyzer test; field sobriety tests; intoximeter; intoxilyzer; sobriety checkpoint)
drunk-o-meter n. 醉酒测量器 用来对某人的呼吸进行化学分析以测量该人血液中的酒精含量并借此断定该人是否醉酒或其醉酒程度的仪器。检验结果用作对醉酒驾车的起诉依据。 (→blood alcohol count; breathalyzer test; driving while intoxicated; field sobriety tests; intoxilyzer; intoximeter)
A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated. • Among the common sobriety tests are coordination tests and the use of mechanical devices to measure the blood alcohol content of a person’s breath sample. See BREATHALYZER; HORIZONTAL-GAZE NYSTAGMUS TEST. [Cases: Automobiles 411; Criminal Law 388.2. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 1397–1411.]
sobriety test. A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated. • Among the common sobriety tests are coordination tests and the use of mechanical devices to measure the blood alcohol content of a person’s breath sample. See BREATHALYZER; HORIZONTAL-GAZE NYSTAGMUS TEST. [Cases: Automobiles 411; Criminal Law 388. 2. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 1397–1411.] field