in·mate
noun/ˈɪnmeɪt/
/ˈɪnmeɪt/
- one of the people living in an institution such as a prison or a psychiatric hospital
囚犯；（精神病院等的）病人 - The jail has 500 inmates.
这个监狱有 500 名犯人。 - He was attacked by a fellow inmate.
他受到另一囚犯的袭击。
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1- The inmates were transferred to an undisclosed location.
监狱里的囚犯被转移到了一个秘密处所。 - a camp where more than 4 000 inmates are housed
一座关押了 4,000 多名囚犯的集中营 - a former inmate of an Ohio prison
以前在俄亥俄监狱的狱友 - drug and alcohol misuse among inmates
囚犯中的吸毒和酗酒问题 - inmates serving lengthy terms
服长期徒刑的犯人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fellow
- former
- new
- …
- transfer
- free
- release
- …
- escape
- serve something
- population
- among inmate
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a person who shared a house, specifically a lodger or subtenant): probably originally from inn + mate, later associated with in. - The jail has 500 inmates.