Prisoner Prison Political Trial Waiting Release Person Held
The word 'prisoner' refers to a person who is imprisoned as punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial. It can also mean a person captured by an enemy, or someone trapped and unable to escape a situation.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]囚犯;犯人 A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed.
The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells.
这个委员会对牢房拥挤问题表示担忧。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]俘虏;战俘 A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war.
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...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners...
战时的人质和集中营的战俘
He was held prisoner in Vietnam from 1966 to 1973...
他在1966年到1973年间被作为战俘关押在越南。
He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
他于1942年在北非被俘。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]为…所困的人;陷于…不能摆脱的人 If you say that you are a prisoner of a situation, you mean that your are trapped by it.
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We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it...
我们都无法忘记自己的童年时代,觉得仍然为它所缚。
She was a prisoner of her own ego.
她为自己的自尊心所困。
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pris·on·er★/ˈprɪznə(r); NAmEˈprɪznər/noun1★a person who is kept in prison as a punishment, or while they are waiting for trial 囚犯;犯人;羁押候审者◆The number of prisoners serving life sentences has fallen.被判无期徒刑的囚犯数目下降了。◆They are demanding the release of all political prisoners.他们正在要求释放所有的政治犯。2★a person who has been captured, for example by an enemy, and is being kept somewhere 被(敌人等)关起来的人;俘虏;战俘◆He was taken prisonerby rebel soldiers. 他被叛军俘虏了。◆They are holdingher prisonerand demanding a large ransom. 他们把她劫持了,并索要巨额赎金。◆( figurative) She is afraid to go out and has become a virtual prisoner in her own home.她不敢出门,实际上已成了关在家中的囚犯。prisonerprisonerspris·on·er/ˈprɪznə(r); NAmEˈprɪznər/
1prisoner (1)someone who is kept in a prison as a legal punishment for a crime or while they are waiting for their trial → guard, imprison: Relationships between the staff and the prisoners are good. Prisoners here only serve short sentences.remand prisoner British English (=someone who is in prison waiting for their trial) The organization is arguing for the release of political prisoners (=people in prison because of their political opinions).2someone who is taken by force and kept somewhereSYN captivehold/keep somebody prisoner The guerrillas kept her prisoner for three months. He was being held prisoner. Our pilot was taken prisoner. The army advanced, taking 200,000 prisoners.3someone who is in a place or situation from which they cannot escape: He is a prisoner of his own past.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + prisonera remand prisoner British English (=one who is waiting for their trial)· A prison governor is refusing to accept any more remand prisoners.a condemned prisoner (=one who is going to be punished by being killed)· There is an appeal process for condemned prisoners.a political prisoner (=one who is in prison because of their political opinions)· They demanded that the military government free all political prisoners.an escaped prisoner· Soldiers arrived, looking for escaped prisoners.verbsrelease/free a prisoner· Hundreds of prisoners were released.THESAURUSprisoner someone who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting for their trial: · Prisoners may be locked in their cells for twenty-two hours a day.· a prisoner serving a life sentence for murderconvict especially written someone who has been found guilty of a crime and sent to a prison. Convict is used especially about someone who is sent to prison for a long time. It is more commonly used in historical descriptions, or in the phrase an escaped convict: · The convicts were sent from England to Australia.· Police were hunting for an escaped convict.· Low-risk convicts help to fight forest fires and clean up public lands.inmate someone who is kept in a prison or a mental hospital: · Some inmates are allowed to have special privileges.· He was described by a fellow inmate as a quiet man.captive especially literary someone who is kept somewhere and not allowed to go free, especially in a war or fighting. Captive is a rather formal word which is used especially in literature: · Their objective was to disarm the enemy and release the captives.· She was held captive (=kept as a prisoner) in the jungle for over three years.prisoner of war a soldier, member of the navy etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept in the enemy’s country: · My grandad was a prisoner of war in Germany.· They agreed to release two Iranian prisoners of war.hostage someone who is kept somewhere as a prisoner, in order to force people to agree to do something, for example in order to get money or to achieve a political aim: · Diplomats are continuing their efforts to secure the release of the hostages.· The US hostages were held in Tehran for over a year.detainee/internee someone who is kept in a prison, usually because of their political views and often without a trial: · In some cases, political detainees have been beaten or mistreated.· 23,531 people passed through the camps between 1944 and 1962, including 14,647 political internees.· the detainees at Guantanamo Bay
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