柯林斯詞典prison /?pr?z?n/ (prisons) 1. N-VAR A prison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment. 監(jiān)獄 The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells. 監(jiān)獄裡的囚犯?jìng)儽魂P(guān)在各自的牢房裡。 返回 prison劍橋詞典B1 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] a building where criminals are forced to live as a punishment 監(jiān)獄 Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling . 監(jiān)獄裡的條件據(jù)說(shuō)糟透了。 He's spent a lot of time in prison. 他坐了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的牢。 She went to/was sent to prison for six months . 她入獄6個(gè)月。 It was a maximum-security prison (= intended to be especially difficult to escape from). 這是一所戒備森嚴(yán)的監(jiān)獄。 They should put him in prison and throw away the key ! 他們應(yīng)該把他關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄，永遠(yuǎn)也別放出來(lái)！ a prison cell /sentence /guard 牢房／徒刑／獄監(jiān) 也見(jiàn)penitentiary [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] the system of keeping people in prisons 監(jiān)禁，關(guān)押；關(guān)押制度 the prison system 監(jiān)獄制度 Do you think prison works ? 你認(rèn)爲(wèi)監(jiān)禁有用嗎？ Prison (= the time he had spent in prison) hadn't changed him at all. 服刑絲毫沒(méi)有讓他改變。 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] a situation or relationship from which it is difficult to escape 樊籠；禁錮 She felt that her marriage had become a prison. 她覺(jué)得自己的婚姻變成了牢籠。 例句 He was sent to prison for a crime that he didn't commit .He was sent to a high-security prison.If you spend any time in prison, you're labelled as a criminal for the rest of your life .The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry .He served a year in prison and was then let out on probation . 返回 prison