prison

noun

1. 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
   1. He was sent to prison for five years.
      他被关押了五年。
   2. She is in prison , awaiting trial.
      她正在拘押候审中。
   3. to be released from prison
      被释放出狱
   4. a maximum-security prison
      最高度戒备的监狱
   5. the prison population (= the total number of prisoners in a country)
      在押人数
   6. the problem of overcrowding in prisons
      监狱人满为患的问题
   7. 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. 监禁；关押；关押制度
   the system of keeping people in prisons
   1. the prison service/system
      监狱管理机构 / 制度
   2. 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. 难以脱身的地方（或处境）；牢笼；樊笼
   a place or situation from which sb cannot escape
   1. His hospital room had become a prison.
      他的病房变成了牢笼。

1. N-VAR 监狱；监牢；看守所
   A prison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial.
   1. 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。
   2. He was sentenced to life in prison...
      他被判处终身监禁。
   3. They released Mr Mandela from prison in 1990.
      1990年，他们将曼德拉先生从狱中释放。
   4. ...the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison.
      圣昆廷监狱的毒气室

1. He was tried in absentia and sentenced to seven years in prison.
   他被缺席判处七年监禁。
2. The report on the riot exposed a prison system stretched to breaking point
   关于这一暴动的报道暴露出监狱系统已经达到了承受极限。
3. The Prison Service acts as a buffer between the minister and his critics.
   监狱局在部长和他的批评者中间扮演缓冲角色。
4. She was released from prison in a cloak and dagger operation yesterday
   在昨天的一次秘密行动中她从监狱获释。
5. I was court-martialled and sentenced to six months in a military prison.
   我受到军法审判，被判处6个月的军事监禁。
6. Leeds Prison is reported to have almost double the number of prisoners it's designed to accommodate.
   据报道利兹监狱里犯人的数量几乎已达该监狱设计可容纳人数的两倍了。
7. If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country
   如果我是个年轻人，我宁愿进监狱也不愿为这个国家打仗。
8. Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors 'prison.
   花光了他有钱老婆的财产之后，这位少校最后被关进了债务人监狱。
9. She had only a hazy idea of Britain's prison problems
   她对英国的监狱问题只有些许模糊的认识。
10. They often leave prison ill-equipped for life and work on the outside.
    他们离开监狱时常常是一无所长，没有足够能力应付监狱外面的生活和工作。
11. The prison Governor criticised some of his officers who shouted insults at prisoners on the roof.
    监狱长批评了一些站在屋顶上大声辱骂囚犯的狱警。
12. The judge rejected pleas for leniency and sentenced him to six months in prison
    法官驳回了宽大处理的请求，判处他6个月的监禁。
13. Many are employed in the prison's wood and metalwork factories.
    许多人受雇于监狱的木材和金属加工厂。
14. He spent his time in prison praying and studying
    他把狱中的时间都用于祈祷和学习。
15. 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。
16. He was sentenced to life in prison
    他被判处终身监禁。
17. They released Mr Mandela from prison in 1990.
    1990年，他们将曼德拉先生从狱中释放。
18. He was shot down over Denmark and spent three years in a prison camp.
    他在丹麦上空被击落，在集中营呆了3年。
19. Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy
    英国最严重的监狱暴动会迫使政府对监狱政策进行彻底的重新评估。
20. The Governor of the prison and another official are to take early retirement.
    这个监狱的监狱长和另外一个官员将会提前退休。
21. Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison.
    12名犯人在一场监狱暴乱中被杀害。
22. You're saying they are sending too many people to prison?
    你是说他们把太多人关进了监狱？
23. They are already serving prison sentences for their part in the assassination
    他们因参与这起刺杀已经开始在监狱服刑了。
24. The prison service is already under considerable strain
    监狱系统已经承受了巨大的压力。
25. In prison they'd taken away his watch and everything he possessed.
    在监狱，他们把他的手表和其他一切东西都搜走了。
26. Prison life, he told me, was terrible.
    他告诉我，监狱生活很可怕。
27. The judge took a dim view and I spent six years in prison.
    法官对此并不赞成，我因此蹲了6年的监狱。
28. They went to prison because they violated the law
    他们触犯了法律，因此坐了牢。
29. A new warden took over the prison.
    一位新的监狱长接管了这所监狱。
30. There is a large prison in this town.
    城里有一座大监狱。

  prison cell jail【导航词义：监狱】

  prison n. 监狱，看守所

〔辨析〕普通用词，指具体的某所监狱时，前面可用冠词，但通常情况下，该词前面不用冠词，侧重表示被监禁状态。

  cell n. 单间牢房，囚室

〔辨析〕指监狱或警察局里的单人牢房或小隔离室。

  jail n. 监狱，看守所

〔辨析〕词义同 prison, 可换用。

noun

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

   Synonym:    prison house

2. a prisonlike situation

   Synonym:    prison house