prison
n
1 [C]
(a) place where people are kept locked up as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial 監(jiān)獄; 看守所
The prisons are overcrowded. 監(jiān)獄人滿為患.
A modern prison has replaced the Victorian one. 一所現(xiàn)代化的監(jiān)獄取代了那所維多利亞時(shí)代的監(jiān)獄.
[attrib 作定語]
the prison population, ie the total number of prisoners in a country 監(jiān)押人數(shù)(一個(gè)國(guó)家的囚犯總數(shù)).
(b) (derog 貶) place from which sb cannot escape 某人無法逃脫的地方; 牢籠
Now that he was disabled, his house had become a prison to him. 因?yàn)樗麣垙U了, 他的房子就成了他的牢籠.
(fig 比喻) the prison of one's mind 思想上的束縛.
2 [U] being kept in a prison, esp as a punishment for crime; imprisonment 被監(jiān)禁; (尤指)服刑; 坐牢
She's gone to/is in prison. 她已入獄[在獄中].
escape from, be released from, come out of prison 越獄、 釋放、 出獄
He was sent to prison for five years. 他判了五年監(jiān)禁.
Does prison do anything to prevent crime? 采取關(guān)押方法對(duì)制止犯罪有作用嗎? =>Usage at school1 用法見 school1.
*['prizn]n. 監(jiān)獄, 監(jiān)禁, 拘留所vt. 監(jiān)禁【法】 監(jiān)獄, 牢獄, 看守所相關(guān)詞組: cast sb into prison put sb into prison be taken to prison in prison go to prison be in prison