jail
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept. 監(jiān)獄
Three prisoners escaped from a jail. 3個(gè)囚犯從一個(gè)監(jiān)獄逃跑了。
2. V-T If someone is jailed, they are put into jail. 監(jiān)禁[usu passive]
He was jailed for twenty years. 他被監(jiān)禁了20年。
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jail /d?e?l/ (jailing,jailed,jails)
BRIT also gaol
劍橋詞典
- a place where criminals are kept to punish them for their crimes, or where people accused of crimes are kept while waiting for their trials
- Arrangements were made to move the prisoners to another jail.
- He faces three years in jail for selling narcotics .
- He's stayed out of trouble since he was released from jail last year .
- There has been a mass breakout from one of Germany's top security jails.
- He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years . 返回 jail
監(jiān)獄；看守所
the country's overcrowded jails 該國(guó)過(guò)于擁擠的監(jiān)獄
a 13-year jail sentence /term 被判13年監(jiān)禁
The financier was released from jail last week . 那個(gè)金融家上周被釋放了。
They spent ten years in jail for fraud . 他們因欺詐罪入獄10年。
They don't throw anyone in jail for parking illegally, but they will tow your car and charge you a fine . 他們不會(huì)因?yàn)檫`章停車而判人入獄，可是會(huì)拖走你的車還會(huì)罰款。
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