n.(名词)

1. 监狱，牢笼，囹圄
2. 监禁，禁闭，关押
3. 拘留所，羁押室，禁闭室，看守所
4. 陷阱
5. 难以脱身的地方，禁锢之地
6. 牢狱，禁锢，限制
7. 关押制度

v.(动词)

1. 监禁，关押，囚禁
2. 紧紧抱住

n.(名词)

1. [C]监狱,看守所 place where people are kept locked up as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial
2. [C]牢笼,禁锢之地 place from which sb or animals cannot escape
3. [U]监禁,入狱,坐牢 being kept in a prison; imprisonment

Noun:

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

2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

1.监狱；监牢；看守所
Aprison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial.

prison的近义词

e.g. Theprison's inmates are being kept in their cells...
这个监狱的犯人被关在他们的囚室里。
e.g. He was sentenced to life inprison...
他被判处终身监禁。

1. 拘留所：于是Pearl与Renaldo一起离开了. 现在看地图. 并再到布雷办公室. 与Conchita交谈并从她后面的柜子里得到雷管(detonator). 把雷管交给Dname后就进入警察局拘留所(prison),在那里与里面的Migeel交谈. 1

The police crushed out the rebellion in the prison.

警察把发生在监狱中的暴乱镇压了下去。

That felon tried to escape from the prison.

那名重罪犯试图从监狱中逃跑。

His deliverance from the prison puzzled us.

他被从监狱释放使我们困惑不已。

Strikes by prison officers underline the need for reform in our gaols.

监狱工作人员罢工一事，突出地表明我们的监狱制度需要改革。

The thief was put into prison for one year.

小偷被监禁一年。

Many people believe that prison isn't a cure for crime.

许多人都相信监禁解决不了犯罪问题。

She continues to languish in a foreign prison.

她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

He has been kept in prison for weeks without food and dies like a dog.

他被囚禁了几星期，没有食物果腹，最後悲惨地死去。

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。

the prison service'/system

监狱管理机构 / 制度

The government insists that 'u2018prison works 'u2019 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。

His hospital room had become a prison.

他的病房变成了牢笼。

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.

Three fugitives from the prison are still at large.

三名逃犯仍然未被抓获.

The judge clapped the criminal in prison.

法官把犯人投入狱中.

He broke prison and went abroad.

他越狱逃到国外去了.

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.

The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.

警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图.

The police carted the prisoners off to prison.

警察用武力把犯人抓进监狱.

prison is the best sanction against a crime like this.

为遏止这类罪行,监禁手段是上策.

He was put into prison because of rackets.

他因敲诈被捕入狱.

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

根据我们的记录,你曾入狱三次.

The prison was cold and dank.

监狱里又冷又湿.

He was sent to prison for forgery.

他因伪造罪而被关进监狱.

He was released from prison following his acquittal.

在宣布无罪之后他即从狱中被释放.

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.

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.

He has been in prison for five years.

他坐了五年牢.

1. There is a large prison in this town.
   城里有座大监狱。
2. He is in prison for smoking marijuana.
   他因吸大麻而蹲监狱。
3. Tom hates school; it's a prison to him.
   汤姆不喜欢上学,学校对他来说好像是个牢笼。
4. Many people believe that prison isn't a cure for crime.
   许多人认为监禁并不是治疗犯罪的良药。
5. The prison walls are very high.
   监狱的围墙很高。

clap in〔into〕 prison

〈非正〉投入监狱 put into prison
clap sb in〔into〕 prison

The judge clapped the criminal in prison.

法官把犯人投入狱中。

The judge clapped her into prison before she had had time to explain.

法官没等她辩解,就把她关进了监狱。

动词+～

• prison">break prison越狱
• prison">throw sb in〔into〕 prison把某人投入监狱

形容词+～

• prison">damp prison潮湿的监狱
• prison">overcrowded prison过于拥挤的监狱

介词+～

• prison">at prison在监狱
• prison">in prison在狱中
• prison">out of prison越狱

～+介词

• prison%20for%20confinement">prison for confinement拘留所

• prison for lads should be the last..resort.

  出自：Daily News

• The key turned in the lock. He and Sarah were in prison.

  出自：D. Eden

• The new maximum security prison.

  出自：Guardian

• Denmark's a prison.

  出自：Hamlet,Shakespeare

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。

• ☆ 12世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的prisoun，意为监禁。