prison
美 ['prɪz(ə)n]
英 ['prɪz(ə)n]
- n.监狱；监禁；牢狱；牢笼
- v.监禁；关押；紧紧抱住
- 网络监牢；牢房；大牢
复数：prisons 现在分词：prisoning 过去分词：prisoned
n.
jail,detention centre,slammer,incarceration,imprisonment
adj.
custodial,secure,penal,residential
prison
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1. | [c][u] 监狱；牢狱；看守所a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime they have committed, or while they are waiting for trial |
He was sent to prison for five years. 他被关押了五年。 | |
She is in prison , awaiting trial. 她正在拘押候审中。 | |
to be released from prison 被释放出狱 | |
a maximum-security prison 最高度戒备的监狱 | |
the prison population(= the total number of prisoners in a country) 在押人数 | |
the problem of overcrowding in prisons 监狱人满为患的问题 | |
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。 |
2. | [u] 监禁；关押；关押制度the system of keeping people in prisons |
the prison service/system 监狱管理机构╱制度 | |
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。 |
3. | [c] 难以脱身的地方（或处境）；牢笼；樊笼a place or situation from which sb cannot escape |
His hospital room had become a prison. 他的病房变成了牢笼。 |