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| 1 | someone who is in prison as punishment for a crime 囚犯；犯人 |
| Security staff will escort the prisoners to the scene of the crime. 保安人员将押送犯人到犯罪现场。 |
| | 1a | someone who is being kept in a prison during a war , or for political reasons 战俘；政治犯 | | a political prisoner 政治犯 | | take sb prisoner He was taken prisoner during the battle on 6 June. 他在6月6日的战斗中被俘。 | |
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| 2 | someone who has no freedom because their life is controlled by something or someone 囚徒；奴隶 |
| a prisoner of drugs/poverty 瘾君子/贫困交加的人 |
| She felt like a prisoner in her own home. 她在自己家觉得像个囚徒。 |
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