prison
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR A prison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment. 監(jiān)獄
The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells. 監(jiān)獄裡的囚犯們被關在各自的牢房裡。
返回 prison
prison /?pr?z?n/ (prisons)
劍橋詞典
- B1 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
- He was sent to prison for a crime that he didn't commit .
- He was sent to a high-security prison.
- If you spend any time in prison, you're labelled as a criminal for the rest of your life .
- The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry .
- He served a year in prison and was then let out on probation . 返回 prison
a building where criminals are forced to live as a punishment
監(jiān)獄
Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling . 監(jiān)獄裡的條件據(jù)說糟透了。
He's spent a lot of time in prison. 他坐了很長時間的牢。
She went to/was sent to prison for six months . 她入獄6個月。
It was a maximum-security prison (= intended to be especially difficult to escape from). 這是一所戒備森嚴的監(jiān)獄。
They should put him in prison and throw away the key ! 他們應該把他關進監(jiān)獄，永遠也別放出來！
a prison cell /sentence /guard 牢房／徒刑／獄監(jiān)
也見
penitentiary
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
the system of keeping people in prisons
監(jiān)禁，關押；關押制度
the prison system 監(jiān)獄制度
Do you think prison works ? 你認爲監(jiān)禁有用嗎？
Prison (= the time he had spent in prison) hadn't changed him at all. 服刑絲毫沒有讓他改變。
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a situation or relationship from which it is difficult to escape
樊籠；禁錮
She felt that her marriage had become a prison. 她覺得自己的婚姻變成了牢籠。
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