音标:[ˈprizənz] ;
n. 监狱( prison的复数形式 ); 牢笼; 监禁; 入狱
n. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
n. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

prison的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  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。
  2. That felon tried to escape from the prison.那名重罪犯试图从监狱中逃跑。
  3. His deliverance from the prison puzzled us.他被从监狱释放使我们困惑不已。
  4. 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。
  5. The thief was put into prison for one year.小偷被监禁一年。
  6. 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。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。
  2. 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。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  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。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
clap in〔into〕 prison
    〈非正〉投入监狱 put into prisonclap 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。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • break prison越狱
  • throw sb in〔into〕 prison把某人投入监狱
形容词+~
  • damp prison潮湿的监狱
  • overcrowded prison过于拥挤的监狱
介词+~
  • at prison在监狱
  • in prison在狱中
  • out of prison越狱
~+介词
  • prison for confinement拘留所

经典引文

  • 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
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