prison
英 [ˈprɪzn]
美 [ˈprɪzn]
n. 监狱; 牢狱; 看守所; 监禁; 关押; 关押制度; 难以脱身的地方(或处境); 牢笼; 樊笼
复数：prisons
Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1307 / COCA.1282
同义词辨析
prisonn. 监狱，看守所
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指具体的某所监狱时，前面可用冠词，但通常情况下，该词前面不用冠词，侧重表示被监禁状态。
〔例证〕
It is a maximum-security prison.
这是一所戒备森严的监狱。
They live opposite the prison.
他们住在监狱对面。
That thief received a two-year prison sentence.
那个小偷获刑2年。
He was sent to prison for embezzlement.
他因挪用公款而入狱。
这是一所戒备森严的监狱。
They live opposite the prison.
他们住在监狱对面。
That thief received a two-year prison sentence.
那个小偷获刑2年。
He was sent to prison for embezzlement.
他因挪用公款而入狱。
celln. 单间牢房，囚室
〔辨析〕
指监狱或警察局里的单人牢房或小隔离室。
〔例证〕
He couldn't remember why he was in the cell at the police station after he came to.
他苏醒过来之后不记得自己为什么会在警察局的隔离室里。
No pictures were allowed to be hung on the walls of the prison cell.
囚室的四壁不允许挂任何图片。
他苏醒过来之后不记得自己为什么会在警察局的隔离室里。
No pictures were allowed to be hung on the walls of the prison cell.
囚室的四壁不允许挂任何图片。
jailn. 监狱，看守所
〔辨析〕
词义同 prison, 可换用。
〔例证〕
an overcrowded jail/prison
过于拥挤的监狱
Some demonstrators were thrown in jail/prison for a few days.
一些示威者被送进监狱关了几天。
She has gotten out of jail/prison.
她已经出狱了。
过于拥挤的监狱
Some demonstrators were thrown in jail/prison for a few days.
一些示威者被送进监狱关了几天。
She has gotten out of jail/prison.
她已经出狱了。
牛津词典
noun
- 监狱；牢狱；看守所
a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime they have committed, or while they are waiting for trial- He was sent to prison for five years.
他被关押了五年。 - She is in prison , awaiting trial.
她正在拘押候审中。 - to be released from prison
被释放出狱 - a maximum-security prison
最高度戒备的监狱 - the prison population (= the total number of prisoners in a country)
在押人数 - the problem of overcrowding in prisons
监狱人满为患的问题 - Ten prison officers and three inmates needed hospital treatment following the riot.
骚乱之后，有十名狱警和三名囚犯需入院治疗。
- He was sent to prison for five years.
- 监禁；关押；关押制度
the system of keeping people in prisons- the prison service/system
监狱管理机构 / 制度 - The government insists that ‘prison works’ and plans to introduce a tougher sentencing policy for people convicted of violent crime.
政府坚持认为“关押有效”，并计划对暴力犯罪者实行更严厉的判刑政策。
- the prison service/system
- 难以脱身的地方（或处境）；牢笼；樊笼
a place or situation from which sb cannot escape- His hospital room had become a prison.
他的病房变成了牢笼。
- His hospital room had become a prison.
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 监狱；监牢；看守所
Aprisonis a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial.- The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells...
这个监狱的犯人被关在他们的囚室里。 - He was sentenced to life in prison...
他被判处终身监禁。 - They released Mr Mandela from prison in 1990.
1990年，他们将曼德拉先生从狱中释放。 - ...the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison.
圣昆廷监狱的毒气室
- The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells...
英英释义
noun
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- a prisonlike situation
双语例句
- He spent his time in prison praying and studying
他把狱中的时间都用于祈祷和学习。 - Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison.
12名犯人在一场监狱暴乱中被杀害。 - He was tried in absentia and sentenced to seven years in prison.
他被缺席判处七年监禁。 - The Governor of the prison and another official are to take early retirement.
这个监狱的监狱长和另外一个官员将会提前退休。 - She was released from prison in a cloak and dagger operation yesterday
在昨天的一次秘密行动中她从监狱获释。 - They are already serving prison sentences for their part in the assassination
他们因参与这起刺杀已经开始在监狱服刑了。 - There is a large prison in this town.
城里有一座大监狱。 - If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country
如果我是个年轻人，我宁愿进监狱也不愿为这个国家打仗。 - They went to prison because they violated the law
他们触犯了法律，因此坐了牢。 - They often leave prison ill-equipped for life and work on the outside.
他们离开监狱时常常是一无所长，没有足够能力应付监狱外面的生活和工作。