单词 | prison |
释义 | prison n 1 [C] (a) place where people are kept locked up as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial 监狱; 看守所 The prisons are overcrowded. 监狱人满为患. A modern prison has replaced the Victorian one. 一所现代化的监狱取代了那所维多利亚时代的监狱. [attrib 作定语] the prison population, ie the total number of prisoners in a country 监押人数(一个国家的囚犯总数). (b) (derog 贬) place from which sb cannot escape 某人无法逃脱的地方; 牢笼 Now that he was disabled, his house had become a prison to him. 因为他残废了, 他的房子就成了他的牢笼. (fig 比喻) the prison of one´s mind 思想上的束缚. 2 [U] being kept in a prison, esp as a punishment for crime; imprisonment 被监禁; (尤指)服刑; 坐牢 She´s gone to/is in prison. 她已入狱[在狱中]. escape from, be released from, come out of prison 越狱、 释放、 出狱 He was sent to prison for five years. 他判了五年监禁. Does prison do anything to prevent crime? 采取关押方法对制止犯罪有作用吗? =>Usage at school1 用法见 school1. |
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