n.(名词)

1. 监狱
2. 监禁
3. 拘留所
4. 牢
5. 监牢
6. 关押

v.(动词)

1. 监禁
2. 拘留
3. 把…下牢
4. 下狱
5. 把…关进监狱

n.(名词)

1. [C]监狱 a place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment

Noun:

1. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Verb:

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

   "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
   "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
   

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用gaol

1.监狱；看守所
Ajail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept.

e.g. Three prisoners escaped from ajail.
3名囚犯越狱了。

2.使入狱；监禁
If someoneis jailed, they are put into jail.

e.g. He was jailed for twenty years.
他被判了20年监禁。

1. 禁锢：作为最高级的 chroot 禁锢(jail)退出 UML. 使用普通的 Linux 命令,例如 shutdown -h now. 现在,该为 UML 创建一些专门的自由空间以使其在这些空间中运行,方法是通过创建并格式化一个稀疏(sparse)文件. 这有点神奇,

2. 监狱/关押：滥用法律: abuse of law, stretch the law | 监狱/关押:jail, prison, imprisonment, imprison, incarcerate, lock up | 死刑: capital punishment, death penalty, death sentence

Two prisoners broke loose from jail.

两名犯人从监牢脱逃。

The prisoner is left to rot in the jail.

这个囚徒被投入监狱任凭他渐渐消瘦下去。

The whole jail was shrouded in darkness.

整座监狱笼罩在黑暗之中。

It's just hearsay but apparently John has been put in jail.

我也是听说的啦，听说约翰好像被关进拘留所了。

On the other hand, at least he didn't leave his dinner on the floor of the county jail.

可是，从另一方面来说，他至少没有吐在拘留所的地板上。

He was put in jail for grand larceny.

他因重大盗窃案而被监禁。

He can be punished by long jail sentences.

他可能受到长期监禁的处罚。

She spent a year in jail.

她坐了一年牢。

He has been released from jail.

他已从监狱里放出来了。

a ten-year jail sentence

十年监禁的判刑

Britain's overcrowded jails

英国过度拥挤的监狱

He was jailed for life for murder.

他因谋杀罪被终身监禁。

Three prisoners escaped from a jail.

3名囚犯越狱了。

He was jailed for twenty years.

他被判了20年监禁。

The prisoner was taken under escort to the jail.

罪犯被押送到监狱.

If you don't learn how to keep your nose clean, you're going to end up in jail.

如果你不学会守法, 你会进监狱的.

After breaking out of jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.

他越狱后躲藏在一个无人居住的农舍里.

The police put the culprit in jail.

警方把罪犯投入监狱.

The protesters were hauled off to jail.

抗议者被拉走投入监牢.

The judge did not jail the young man, but put him on probation for a year.

法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱, 而且将他缓刑察看一年.

He has been in jail several times, but recently he seems to have turned over a new leaf.

他坐过几次牢, 但近来似乎已改过自新.

He was in no sense a political prisoner, but a gangster and racketeer who rightly did six years in jail.

他绝不是一个政治犯, 而是一个歹徒和敲诈勒索犯,罪有应得地在监狱里蹲了6年.

The criminal was committed to jail.

罪犯已押交监狱.

After breaking out of the jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.

他越狱后, 暗藏在一个无人居住的农舍里.

He was banged up in a Nepal jail for six months.

他在尼泊尔一座监狱里关押了六个月.

After his experience in jail , he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.

经历了牢狱生活之后, 他对刑罚制度颇有成见.

I hope you won't finish up in jail.

希望你不要以入狱告终.

The man was put in jail for grand larceny.

那人因重大盗窃案而被监禁.

One prison guard was killed when a riot broke out in the jail.

一位狱警在监狱骚乱中遇难。

Those two should have been thrown in jail.

那两个人早就应该抓去坐牢。

He's probably going to finish up in jail for business fraud.

他最后很可能会因为商业诈骗而入狱。

Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.

结果他非但没有锒铛入狱或是穷困潦倒，反而功成名就。

You could face up to eight years in jail for spreading rumours considered prejudicial to security.

散布危害社会安全的谣言将被判入狱8年。

Mr Garcia said his conscience was clear over the jail incidents.

加西亚先生说他对监狱中发生的事件问心无愧。

A dozen inmates have absconded from Forest jail in the past year.

去年共有12名犯人从福雷斯特监狱逃脱。

Before sentence was passed, Mr Mills escaped from jail.

在宣判前，米尔斯先生越狱了。

Martinez was taken off to jail.

马丁内斯被抓进了大牢。

1. The castle was used as a jail.
   这城堡曾用作监狱。
2. The police put the escaped criminals back in jail.
   警方把越狱的罪犯押回监狱。

动词+～

• jail">break〔escape〕 from jail越狱
• jail">go into jail进监狱

介词+～

• jail">serve time in jail在狱中服刑

• He was committed to the gayle of Newgate.

  出自：Joseph Hall

n.(名词)

下面两句中定冠词的有无使句子的意思不同:

He worked in the jail. 他在监狱工作。

The police worked in jail. 警方把他收监。

confine，imprison，jail

这些动词均含“监禁”之意。

confine指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。

imprison较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。

jail(英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。

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。

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的jaole，意为笼子，监牢。