A criminal trial isn't a tribunal for eliciting the truth.是什么意思？

A criminal trial isn't a tribunal for eliciting the truth.

刑事审讯并非是一种要探明真相的审判.

criminal

n. 罪犯，犯人；adj. 刑事的，犯罪的，可耻的；

例句
Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts.
他们经常被黑帮每晚火拼的枪声所吵醒。

trial

n. 试验，[法]审讯，审判，磨难，困难，[体]选拔赛；adj. 试验的，[法]审讯的；

例句
Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
随意逮捕和拘留屡见不鲜。

tribunal

n. 审理委员会，特别法庭，法官席，裁决；

例句
The tribunal had been set up to arbitrate in the dispute.
曾设立过特别法庭对此纷争作出仲裁。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

eliciting

v. 引出，探出( elicit的现在分词 )；

例句
He succeeded in eliciting the information he needed from her.
他从她那里问出了他所需要的信息.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

truth

n. 真理，真相，事实，忠实，忠诚，现实，现实性；

例句
The only one who's anywhere close to the truth is my mother.
唯一算得上了解真相的人是我的母亲。