prison
美音:[´prızən
]
英音:[´prızən
]
n.监狱
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prison为高中词汇
词频:1318
词形变化:
动词过去式:prisoned 过去分词:prisoned 现在分词:prisoning 第三人称单数:prisons
词根
pris,prehend＝to seize（捉;握取）
近义词, 同义词
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prison
/'prɪzn; `prɪzn/
n
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.
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.
n
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.
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.
prison
n
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin prehensio 'act of seizing', from prehendere; PREHENSILE]
[U and C]
a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting to go to court for their trial
= jail
→prisoner, imprison imprison
He visits his Dad in prison every week.
Ricky has been out of prison for 3 years now.
They'll probably put him in prison for a long time.
Helen was sent to prison for attacking a man with a knife.
The two men were arrested only a week after they were released from prison .
Three terrorists escaped from Brixton Prison .
an increase in the number of women going to prison
Mr Gunn received a ten year prison sentence .
[U]
the system that deals with keeping people in a prison
the prison service
Does prison deter criminals from offending again?
[C]
an unpleasant place or situation which it is difficult to escape from
The farm felt like a prison for her.
COLLOCATES for sense 1
in prison
out of prison
put somebody in prison/send somebody to prison
release somebody from prison/let somebody out of prison
get out of prison
escape from prison
go to prison
prison sentence (=a punishment which consists of a period of time in prison)
prison officer/warder (=someone who works in a prison and guards the prisoners)
prison cell (=a prisoner's room in a jail)
HINT sense 1
Do not say 'the prison' unless you are referring to a particular building: She was sent to prison. |He spent five years in prison. |They live opposite the prison.
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin prehensio 'act of seizing', from prehendere; PREHENSILE]
[U and C]
a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting to go to court for their trial
= jail
→prisoner, imprison imprison
He visits his Dad in prison every week.
Ricky has been out of prison for 3 years now.
They'll probably put him in prison for a long time.
Helen was sent to prison for attacking a man with a knife.
The two men were arrested only a week after they were released from prison .
Three terrorists escaped from Brixton Prison .
an increase in the number of women going to prison
Mr Gunn received a ten year prison sentence .
[U]
the system that deals with keeping people in a prison
the prison service
Does prison deter criminals from offending again?
[C]
an unpleasant place or situation which it is difficult to escape from
The farm felt like a prison for her.
COLLOCATES for sense 1
in prison
out of prison
put somebody in prison/send somebody to prison
release somebody from prison/let somebody out of prison
get out of prison
escape from prison
go to prison
prison sentence (=a punishment which consists of a period of time in prison)
prison officer/warder (=someone who works in a prison and guards the prisoners)
prison cell (=a prisoner's room in a jail)
HINT sense 1
Do not say 'the prison' unless you are referring to a particular building: She was sent to prison. |He spent five years in prison. |They live opposite the prison.
1. They rejoiced in their deliverance from prison.
他们因出狱而兴高采烈。
2. The police put the criminal in prison.
警察把犯人关进了监狱。
3. Three months in prison was what he wanted.
在监狱里呆上三个月即是他所希求。
4. The pleasantest was to get a good meal at some expensive restaurant, and then, after saying that he could not pay, be quietly arrested by a policeman and sent to prison by the judge.
而最令人愉快的方法莫过于在一家昂贵的餐馆里美餐一顿，然后因付不出钱让警察抓起来。以后，法官自会把他送进监狱。
5. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.
这个不幸的人不仅被捕了,而且已经在坐牢.
6. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.
那个可怜的记者不仅被捕了，而且还被送进了监狱。
7. He wanted to be accused of larceny, because he left comfortable in prison.
他欲以盗窃罪被起诉，因监狱令他觉得舒适。
8. He rehearsed the story of all his sufferings in prison .
他详述他在狱中一切遭遇的故事。
9. His prison sentence has been remitted.
他的监禁刑罚已获得赦免.
10. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.
他因无力还债而被捕入狱，最后于1836年在贫困中死去。
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他们因出狱而兴高采烈。
2. The police put the criminal in prison.
警察把犯人关进了监狱。
3. Three months in prison was what he wanted.
在监狱里呆上三个月即是他所希求。
4. The pleasantest was to get a good meal at some expensive restaurant, and then, after saying that he could not pay, be quietly arrested by a policeman and sent to prison by the judge.
而最令人愉快的方法莫过于在一家昂贵的餐馆里美餐一顿，然后因付不出钱让警察抓起来。以后，法官自会把他送进监狱。
5. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.
这个不幸的人不仅被捕了,而且已经在坐牢.
6. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.
那个可怜的记者不仅被捕了，而且还被送进了监狱。
7. He wanted to be accused of larceny, because he left comfortable in prison.
他欲以盗窃罪被起诉，因监狱令他觉得舒适。
8. He rehearsed the story of all his sufferings in prison .
他详述他在狱中一切遭遇的故事。
9. His prison sentence has been remitted.
他的监禁刑罚已获得赦免.
10. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.
他因无力还债而被捕入狱，最后于1836年在贫困中死去。
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