C/U an institution where people are kept as punishment for committing a crime . The people who stay in prison are called prisoners 监狱 | in prison He’ s currently in prison for tax fraud. 他目前因骗税正在坐牢。 |
| go to prison You can go to prison for that, you know. 你可能会因此入狱，你知道的。 |
| send sb to prison He was sent to prison for armed robbery. 他因持械抢劫而锒铛入狱。 |
| | a | U the system of keeping people in prisons as a punishment 监禁制度 | |
| | b | U the experience of being in prison 关押；牢狱生活 | | Has prison changed him? 牢狱生活是否改变了他？ | |
| | c | C involving prison or relating to prison 监狱的；监禁的 | | a prison term/sentence (=the period of time someone must stay in prison) She could face a ten-year prison term. 刑期 | |