Prison Prisoners People Building Punishment English Released Jail
This flashcard defines "prison" as a building where criminals are held as punishment or while awaiting trial, and can also refer to the system of keeping people in prison or a difficult situation to escape from. It includes phonetic transcriptions, examples, synonyms like "jail," and related terms like "prisoner" and "imprison."
This flashcard defines "prison" as a building where criminals are held as punishment or while awaiting trial, and can also refer to the system of keeping people in prison or a difficult situation to escape from. It includes phonetic transcriptions, examples, synonyms like "jail," and related terms like "prisoner" and "imprison."
[N-VAR 可变名词]监狱;监牢;看守所 A prison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial.
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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
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prison★/ˈprɪzn; NAmEˈprɪzn/noun1★[countable , uncountable ]a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime they have committed, or while they are waiting for trial 监狱;牢狱;看守所SYN
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◆He was sent to prisonfor 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。☞collocationsat
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2★[uncountable ]the system of keeping people in prisons监禁;关押;关押制度◆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。3[countable ]a place or situation from which sb cannot escape 难以脱身的地方(或处境);牢笼;樊笼◆His hospital room had become a prison.他的病房变成了牢笼。prisonprisonsprisonedprisoningprison/ˈprɪzn; NAmEˈprɪzn/
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prisonpris‧on /ˈprɪzən/ ●●●S2W2 noun
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1[countable, uncountable] a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting to go to court for their trialSYN jail → prisoner, imprison: He visits his dad in prison every week. Ricky has been out of prison for three years now. They’ll probably put him in prison for a long time. Helen was sent to prison for attacking a man with a knife. The two men were arrested only a week after they were released from prison. Three terrorists escaped from Brixton Prison. an increase in the number of women going to prison Mr Gunn received a ten-year prison sentence.2[uncountable] the system that deals with keeping people in a prison: the prison service Does prison deter criminals from offending again?3[countable] an unpleasant place or situation which it is difficult to escape from: The farm felt like a prison to her.GRAMMAR• You use prison without ‘the’ when talking in general about someone being kept somewhere as a punishment: · He is in prison for murder.· The judge sent him to prison.• You use the prison when talking about a particular place: · There are about 600 prisoners in the prison.· Visitors to the prison are carefully checked.Grammar guide ‒ NOUNSCOLLOCATIONSverbsgo to prison· She went to prison for theft.put somebody in prison· Mentally ill people should not be put in prison.send somebody to prison· I was afraid I might get sent to prison.be released from prison· He was released from prison six weeks ago.let somebody out of prison· When’s he going to be let out of prison?come/get out of prison· The boy just come out of prison after doing two years for assault.escape from (a) prison· Blake escaped from a Missouri prison last year.adjectivesan open prison (=one where prisoners are not restricted as much as usual)· He was transferred to an open prison.a maximum security prison· He was sent to a maximum security prison where prisoners are kept in their cells almost 23 hours a day.prison + NOUNa prison sentence/term (=a period of time in prison as a punishment)· He is serving a four-year prison sentence.a prison officer/official/warder/guard· Last month, a prisoner attacked two prison officers with a knife.a prison cell (=a room where a prisoner lives)· Overcrowding means that many prisoners have to share a prison cell.the prison population (=all the prisoners in a country)· The government wants to reduce the size of the prison population.THESAURUSprison a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime or while they are waiting to go to court for their trial: · He was sentenced to five years in prison.· Wandsworth Prisonjail a prison, or a similar smaller building where prisoners are kept for a short time: · This old building is the jail that Butch Cassidy escaped from in 1887.· He was taken to a cell in the Los Angeles County Jail.· 58% of prisoners are in jail for non-violent crimes.· The strikers were harassed, beaten and put in jail for trespassing.· Grover got caught for not paying his taxes and was sent to jail.gaol /dʒeɪl/ British English another way of spelling jail: · He spent the night in gaol.penitentiary /ˌpenəˈtenʃəri/ American English a large prison for people who are guilty of serious crimes: · the Ohio State Penitentiary· The murderer served 10 years at the penitentiary in Stillwater.· the abandoned federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Islandcorrectional facility American English formal an official word for a prison: · 1,000 prisoners rioted at the North County Correctional Facility.detention centre British English, detention center American English a place where young people who have done something illegal are kept, because they are too young to go to prison. Also used about a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept: · Kevin, who had been abandoned by his mother, had been in and out of detention centres all his life.· a juvenile detention center· Harmondsworth detention centre, near Heathrow airportopen prison British English a prison in which prisoners have more freedom than in an ordinary prison, usually because their crimes were less serious: · In some open prisons, prisoners are allowed to go home at weekends.cell a small room in a prison or police station, where someone is kept as a punishment: · a prison cell· Conditions were poor, and there were several prisoners to one cell.
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prisons[2772]
监狱(80%),监禁(17%),囚禁(2%),关入监狱(1%)
n.监狱;监禁;拘留所
vt.监禁,关押
n.(Prison)人名;(德)普里松
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