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[/ˈprɪzn; ˋprɪzn/] n 用法:
1 [C] (a) place where people are kept locked up as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial 监狱; 看守所:
The prisons are overcrowded. 监狱人满为患. *
A modern prison has replaced the Victorian one. 一所现代化的监狱取代了那所维多利亚时代的监狱. *
[attrib 作定语] the prison population, ie the total number of prisoners in a country 监押人数（一个国家的囚犯总数）.
(b) (derog 贬) place from which sb cannot escape 某人无法逃脱的地方; 牢笼:
Now that he was disabled, his house had become a prison to him. 因为他残废了, 他的房子就成了他的牢笼. *
(fig 比喻) the prison of one's mind 思想上的束缚. 用法:
2 [U] being kept in a prison, esp as a punishment for crime; imprisonment 被监禁; （尤指）服刑; 坐牢:
She's gone to/is in prison. 她已入狱[在狱中]. *
escape from, be released from, come out of prison 越狱、 释放、 出狱 *
He was sent to prison for five years. 他判了五年监禁. *
Does prison do anything to prevent crime? 采取关押方法对制止犯罪有作用吗? =>Usage at school1 用法见 school1. |