一、详细释义:


n.

监狱,看守所;牢笼


例句:

He was regarded as a determined prison breaker.

他是个本性难移的越狱犯。


例句:

She wants to be a prison governor.

她想当狱长。


监禁;入狱;服刑,坐牢


例句:

His refusal to pay his debts landed him in prison.

他因拒绝还债而入狱。


例句:

He is sentenced to life in prison.

他被判处终身监禁。


v.

监禁,关押 [T]

二、词义辨析:


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。


三、相关短语:


prison camp

n. 战俘集中营


prison house

n. 牢房


prison cell

【法】 监房, 囚室


prison guard

【法】 监狱看守, 狱卒


state prison

【法】 州监狱


四、参考例句:


Previously on Prison Break.

《越狱》上集提要。


The prison gates clanged shut.

监狱的大门哐当一声关上了。


He was put into prison.

他入狱了。


Are there alternatives to prison?

除了监禁还有其他办法吗?


Does prison help rehabilitate criminals?

监狱能帮助改造罪犯吗?


His confinement in prison will expire soon.

他的监禁即将期满。


She was sent to prison for blackmail.

因犯敲诈勒索罪她被送进监牢。


The searchlights glared, illuminating the prison yard.

探照灯发出强光,照亮监狱场地。


Security in the prison is very tight.

这座监狱的防卫措施很严密。


Three men broke out of prison yesterday.

昨天三名囚犯越狱逃走了。