一、詳細(xì)釋義：


n.

監(jiān)獄，看守所；牢籠


例句：

He was regarded as a determined prison breaker.

他是個(gè)本性難移的越獄犯。


例句：

She wants to be a prison governor.

她想當(dāng)獄長。


監(jiān)禁；入獄；服刑，坐牢


例句：

His refusal to pay his debts landed him in prison.

他因拒絕還債而入獄。


例句：

He is sentenced to life in prison.

他被判處終身監(jiān)禁。


v.

監(jiān)禁，關(guān)押 [T]

二、詞義辨析：


jail,prison,cell

這些名詞均有“牢房，監(jiān)獄”之意。 jail(英國英語拼寫為gaol)指收犯輕罪的人或未經(jīng)判決的人的處所。 prison指觸犯刑律的人被關(guān)押的地方，通常指判決后的罪犯居留地。 cell指單人牢房或幾個(gè)人合住的小牢房。


三、相關(guān)短語：


prison camp

n. 戰(zhàn)俘集中營


prison house

n. 牢房


prison cell

【法】 監(jiān)房, 囚室


prison guard

【法】 監(jiān)獄看守, 獄卒


state prison

【法】 州監(jiān)獄


四、參考例句：


Previously on Prison Break.

《越獄》上集提要。


The prison gates clanged shut.

監(jiān)獄的大門哐當(dāng)一聲關(guān)上了。


He was put into prison.

他入獄了。


Are there alternatives to prison?

除了監(jiān)禁還有其他辦法嗎？


Does prison help rehabilitate criminals?

監(jiān)獄能幫助改造罪犯嗎？


His confinement in prison will expire soon.

他的監(jiān)禁即將期滿。


She was sent to prison for blackmail.

因犯敲詐勒索罪她被送進(jìn)監(jiān)牢。


The searchlights glared, illuminating the prison yard.

探照燈發(fā)出強(qiáng)光，照亮監(jiān)獄場地。


Security in the prison is very tight.

這座監(jiān)獄的防衛(wèi)措施很嚴(yán)密。


Three men broke out of prison yesterday.

昨天三名囚犯越獄逃走了。