prison

英[ˈprɪzn]
美[ˈprɪzn]

基本释义

n.
监狱,看守所

词性变化

实用例句

He was sent to prison for five years.

他被关押了五年。

牛津词典

She is in prison , awaiting trial.

她正在拘押候审中。

牛津词典

to be released from prison

被释放出狱

牛津词典

a maximum-security prison

最高度戒备的监狱

牛津词典

the prison population (= the total number of prisoners in a country)

在押人数

牛津词典

the problem of overcrowding in prisons

监狱人满为患的问题

牛津词典

Ten prison officers and three inmates needed hospital treatment following the riot.

骚乱之后,有十名狱警和三名囚犯需入院治疗。

牛津词典

the prison service/system

监狱管理机构 / 制度

牛津词典

The government insists that ‘prison works ’ and plans to introduce a tougher sentencing policy for people convicted of violent crime.

政府坚持认为“关押有效”,并计划对暴力犯罪者实行更严厉的判刑政策。

牛津词典

His hospital room had become a prison.

他的病房变成了牢笼。

牛津词典

The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells...

这个监狱的犯人被关在他们的囚室里。

He was sentenced to life in prison...

他被判处终身监禁。

I assume you've decided against buying a new car.

我猜想你已经下定决心不再买新车了.

口语例句

Three fugitives from the prison are still at large.

三名逃犯仍然未被抓获.

《简明英汉词典》

The judge clapped the criminal in prison.

法官把犯人投入狱中.

《简明英汉词典》

He broke prison and went abroad.

他越狱逃到国外去了.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The prisoner made an effort to escape, but he couldn't climb the prison wall.

囚犯企图越狱, 但是爬不上监狱的墙.

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The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.

警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图.

《简明英汉词典》

The police carted the prisoners off to prison.

警察用武力把犯人抓进监狱.

《简明英汉词典》

Prison is the best sanction against a crime like this.

为遏止这类罪行,监禁手段是上策.

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He was put into prison because of rackets.

他因敲诈被捕入狱.

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You've been in prison three times according to our records.

根据我们的记录,你曾入狱三次.

《简明英汉词典》

The prison was cold and dank.

监狱里又冷又湿.

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He was sent to prison for forgery.

他因伪造罪而被关进监狱.

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He was released from prison following his acquittal.

在宣布无罪之后他即从狱中被释放.

《简明英汉词典》

After he came out of prison, he was determined to keep his nose clean.

出狱以后, 他下决心要安分守己.

《简明英汉词典》

He escaped a prison sentence by reason of unsound mind at the time the crime was committed.

他以犯罪时精神不正常为由逃过了监禁刑罚.

《简明英汉词典》

He has been in prison for five years.

他坐了五年牢.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

真题例句

They backslide after serving their terms in prison.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Her release from prison has drawn little attention.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Her prison sentence might have been extended.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Her business went bankrupt while she was in prison.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was paying her dues, and that there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

A California television station in Fresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was "paying her dues," and that " there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew."

2015年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

But she has to make the prison break in her own car.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

I'm, like, in prison for weekdays.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

In the United States, the governor of a state has the power to change a sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

That is, if you put a post stamp on upside down, you will go to prison.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Jackson spent five years in prison after a jury wrongly convicted him of raping two women.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Her simple act landed parks in prison.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Two men looked out from prison bars.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

The teachers’ unions keep an eye on schools, the CCPOA on prisons and a variety of labor groups on health care.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Soon after his father’s release from prison, Dickens got a better job as errand boy in law offices.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

For example, he theorised that a judge fearful of appearing too soft on crime might be more likely to send someone to prison if he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day.

2013年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Soon after his father's release from prison, Dickens got a better job as errand boy in law offices.

2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85, 000 fine and six months in prison.

2016年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

  • 2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

同义词辨析

jail, prison, cell

这些名词均有"牢房,监狱"之意。

  • jail(英国英语拼写为gaol)指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。
  • prison: 指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方,通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。
  • cell: 指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。