| 单词 | prison |
| 释义 | prison nounadjective | verb + prison | prison + noun | preposition adjective➤local地方监狱➤federal联邦监狱▸➤overcrowded人满为患的监狱▸➤high-security, maximum-security, supermax (name) 戒备森严的监狱；戒备措施最严格的监狱➤minimum-security (name) 最低程度设防的监狱▸➤closed, open (especially bre) 封闭式／开放式监狱◆open prisons prepare prisoners for life back in the community.开放式监狱使囚犯为重新开始社会生活做好准备。➤private私设的监狱▸➤women's女子监狱➤debtors' (historical) 关押欠债人的监狱▸➤military军事监狱verb + prison➤go to入狱◆he went to prison for tax evasion.他因逃税而入狱。➤put sb in, send sb to, throw sb into把某人投进监狱；把某人关入监狱◆she was sent to prison for leaking state secrets.她因泄露国家秘密而被捕入狱。◆he was immediately seized and thrown into prison.他很快就被捕入狱。➤be discharged from, be released from, come out of, get out of从监狱释放；出狱◆when did he get out of prison?他什么时候出狱的？➤escape from越狱◆a dangerous criminal has escaped from a maximum-security prison.一名危险的罪犯从戒备森严的监狱逃走了。➤avoid, escape避免入狱◆you only escaped prison (= escaped being sent to prison) because of your previous good character.你只是因为以前表现良好才免于监禁。➤face面临监禁◆she was told by magistrates she could now face prison.她从地方法官处得知她现在有可能面临监禁。➤build, design建造／设计监狱◆building new prisons is not going to help lower our incarceration rate.建造新的监狱并不能帮助我们降低监禁率。➤operate, run管理／经营监狱◆it is one of several companies running private prisons across britain.这是英国经营私人监狱的数家公司之一。prison + noun➤sentence, term监禁的判刑；刑期▸➤cell, hospital, yard牢房；监狱医院；监狱的院子▸➤conditions监狱条件▸➤population监押人数➤inmate在监人员▸➤authorities, chaplain, governor, guard, officer, staff, warden, warder (bre) 监狱当局；监狱牧师；典狱长；监狱守卫；监狱警官；监狱工作人员；狱吏▸➤service, system监狱管理机构；监狱制度➤reform监狱改革preposition➤at a/the prison在监狱中◆the police are investigating disturbances at the prison.警察正在调查监狱中发生的骚乱。➤in (a/the) prison被监禁；在监狱里◆how long has her father been in prison?她父亲被监禁多长时间了？◆there have been riots in the prison.这所监狱发生过暴乱。 prison nounprison ♦︎ jail ♦︎ camp ♦︎ detention centre ♦︎ penitentiary ♦︎ jailhouse ♦︎ correctional facilitythese are all words for a building where people are kept and prevented from leaving.这些词均表示监狱、看守所。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆in prison / jail◆in a prison / jail / camp / detention centre / penitentiary / jailhouse / correctional facility◆a local prison / jail / correctional facility◆a juvenile prison / jail / detention centre / correctional facility◆a women's prison / jail / correctional facility◆to go to / be sent to / be released from / get out of prison / jail◆a prison / jail sentence / term■ prison [countable, uncountable] a large building or group of buildings where people are kept and prevented from leaving, either as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while they are waiting for trial监狱；牢狱；看守所◆he was sent to prison for five years.他被关押了五年。◆since 1990, the us prison population (= the total number of prisoners in a country) has almost doubled.自 1990 年，美国在押人数几乎翻了一番。◆ (especially bre) ten prison officers and three inmates needed hospital treatment following the riot.骚乱之后，十名狱警和三名囚犯须入院治疗。◆ (name) prison guards监狱看守 ➡ see also imprison , send sb to prison → jail verb ■ jail (bre also gaol) /dʒeɪl/ [uncountable, countable] a prison, especially a small or local prison（尤指小型或地方的）监狱◆he will be freed from jail automatically after serving half the term.他将于刑期服满一半后自动获释。◆woman faces jail for animal cruelty (= newspaper headline).一名女子因虐待动物或遭监禁。 ➡ see also jail → jail verb note 辨析 prison or jail?in british english there is very little difference between these words. prison is also used to talk about the system of keeping people in prisons, as well as the building or institution itself.在英式英语中，这两个词差别极小。prison 除了表示监狱建筑或机构，还表示监狱体系◆the prison service / system监狱部门／体系◆the jail service/system in the us a prison is usually a place where people are sent for a long time after they have been found guilty of a crime. a jail is usually a place where people are locked up for a short time, especially until it can be decided what should be done with them next.在美国，prison 通常指罪犯被定罪之后长期服刑的地方，jail 通常指临时性关押地，尤其是尚未决定接下来如何处置拘留者时◆he was held overnight at the county jail.他整夜被羁押在县看守所。 jails are usually smaller than prisons and are usually operated by the local county; prisons are larger and are operated by the state or the us government. however, the terms in prison and in jail are used in exactly the same way. * jail 通常比 prison 规模小，且通常由县级地方政府管理； prison 较大，由州政府或美国政府管理。但是 in prison 和 in jail 用法完全相同。■ camp [countable] (used in compounds用于复合词) a place where people are kept in huts or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods（尤指政府用作长期拘留的）营房，营帐◆nearly a year after the disaster, many people are still living in refugee camps.灾难过去近一年了，许多人仍然居住在难民营。◆he spent the rest of the war in a prison camp.他在战俘营一直待到战争结束。◆concentration camps were first used during the boer war.集中营是在布尔战争期间首次出现的。■ detention centre --> (bre) (name detention center) [countable] a prison for young people少年管教所◆the juvenile detention center is where juveniles are held while awaiting their juvenile court hearing.少年管教所是等候少年法庭受理期间少年犯被关押的地方。■ penitentiary /penɪtenʃəri/ [countable] (name) a large prison in the us, especially one for people who have committed serious crimes（美国尤用于关押重犯的大型）监狱◆the execution was carried out at the state penitentiary in fort madison.在麦迪逊堡的州监狱中执行了处决。■ jailhouse /dʒeɪlhaʊs/ [countable] (name) a small local prison, especially in the past（尤指过去的）地方小型监狱◆the jailhouse housed the sheriff and his family as well as the prisoners.这间监狱住着县治安官、他的家人以及囚犯。ⓘ jailhouse is sometimes used as a less formal word for prison in compounds, and in journalism. * jailhouse 有时可以代替 prison 构成复合词，用于不太正式的场合和新闻报道◆he became something of a jailhouse lawyer (= a prisoner who knows a lot about the law).他差不多成了一名狱中律师。◆two prisoners die in jailhouse fire (= newspaper headline).两囚犯死于狱中大火。■ correctional facility --> [countable] (especially name, rather formal) a prison or other institution that is intended to improve people's behaviour, usually by punishing them监狱；劳改所◆the court must decide whether the child should be placed in a correctional facility.法庭必须裁定是否应该把这个孩子关进劳改所。prison [countable, uncountable] a large building or group of buildings where people are kept and prevented from leaving, either as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while they are waiting for trial监狱；牢狱；看守所◆he was sent to prison for five years.他被关押了五年。◆since 1990, the us prison population (= the total number of prisoners in a country) has almost doubled.自 1990 年，美国在押人数几乎翻了一番。◆ (especially bre) ten prison officers and three inmates needed hospital treatment following the riot.骚乱之后，十名狱警和三名囚犯须入院治疗。◆ (name) prison guards监狱看守 ➡ see also imprison , send sb to prison → jail verb prison/ˈprɪzn ||; ˈprɪzṇ/(also jail) noun [c,u] a building where criminals are kept as a punishment 监狱: ◇the terrorists were sent to prison for twenty-five years. 那帮恐怖分子被判入狱二十五年。◇he will be released from prison next month. 他将于下月获释出狱。 ☞look at imprison and jail. 参看imprison及jail。 if a person goes to prison or is in prison (without ‘ the ’), he/she has to stay there as a prisoner he was sent to prison for two years.‘the prison’ refers to a particular prison, or indicates that a person is only visiting the building temporarily the politician visited the prison and said that conditions were poor. 某人作为犯人入狱(go to prison)或在狱中(in prison)时，prison前面没有the：he was sent to prison for two years.他被关了两年。指某座监狱或某人只是去监狱探访一下时用the prison：the politician visited the prison and said that conditions were poor.那位政治家参观了这座监狱，说那里的条件很差。prison1 a place where people are kept as punishment2 to put someone in prison as a punishment3 to force someone to stay in a place as a prisoner4 to be in prison as a punishment5 to be kept in a place by the police6 someone who is in prison as a punishment for a crime7 someone who is kept in a place when they do not want to be there8 when someone is kept in a place they do not want to be in9 the period of time that someone must spend in prisonrelated wordssee alsopunish,crime,court/trial,catch,escape,free,law,1. a place where people are kept as punishment 人们被囚禁作为惩罚的地方 prison /ˈprɪzən/ [countable/uncountable noun] a large building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime 监狱 conditions in the prison were shocking. 监狱的状况令人震惊。 a maximum security prison 一座高度设防监狱in prison johnson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison. 约翰逊认罪，被判五年监禁。 the prosecuting lawyers say that price may face life in prison. 原告律师称普赖斯可能面临终身监禁。be released from prison when he was released from prison, mandela was interviewed in zambia. 曼德拉从狱中获释，在赞比亚接受了采访。prison officials/conditions/regulations etc clayton will be released on tuesday after serving seven years, prison officials said. 监狱的官员说克莱顿已服刑七年，将于星期二获释。prison sentence how long someone has to spend in prison 刑期 a fifteen-year prison sentence 15年的刑期 jail /dʒeɪl/ [countable noun] a prison, or similar smaller building where prisoners who are waiting for a trial are kept 监牢［指较小者］ this old building is the jail that butch cassidy escaped from in 1887. 这幢古旧的建筑物是1887年布奇·卡西迪逃出来的监牢。 alfassi was taken to a cell in the los angeles county jail. 阿尔法西被关进洛杉矶县立监狱的一间囚室。in jail 58% of prisoners are in jail for non-violent crimes. 58%的犯人因非暴力罪案入狱。be put/thrown in jail the strikers were harassed, beaten and put in jail for trespassing. 罢工者受到骚扰、殴打，并因擅入私人土地入狱。go to jail/be sent to jail grover got caught for not paying his taxes and went to jail. 格罗弗因漏税被发现而入狱。jail sentence/term how long someone has to spend in jail 刑期 the riots ended with long jail terms for 338 mobsters. 骚乱以338名暴徒被判长期监禁结束。 penitentiary /ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri, ˌpenəˈtenʃəri/ [countable noun] american a large prison for people who are guilty of serious crimes 【美】［关押重犯的］大监狱 the murderer served 10 years at the penitentiary in stillwater. 杀人犯在位于斯蒂尔沃特的大监狱服刑十年。 the ohio state penitentiary 俄亥俄州立监狱 the abandoned federal penitentiary on alcatraz island 阿尔卡特拉斯岛上废弃的联邦监狱 cell /sel/ [countable noun] a small room in a prison or police station, where someone is kept as a punishment 牢房，囚室 conditions were poor, and there were several prisoners to one cell. 条件很差，几个犯人关在一间囚室里。prison/jail cell the prison cells have doors of heavy steel. 那些监狱的囚室装有厚重的钢门。 detention centre british /detention center american /dɪˈtenʃən ˌsentəʳ/ [countable noun] a place where young people who have done something illegal are kept, because they are too young to go to prison ［青少年罪犯的］拘留所 kevin, who had been abandoned by his mother, had been in and out of detention centres all his life. 凯文被母亲遗弃了，一辈子在拘留所进进出出。 a juvenile detention center 一间青少年罪犯拘留所2. to put someone in prison as a punishment 把某人投入监狱作为惩罚 put somebody in prison/jail also send somebody to prison/jail /ˌpʊt somebody ɪn ˈprɪzən, ˈdʒeɪl, ˌsend somebody tə ˈprɪzən, ˈdʒeɪl/ [verb phrase] to officially order someone to be taken to prison and kept there 判某人入狱 eventually, her attacker was caught and put in prison. 最终袭击她的人被捕入狱。 the judge sent him to jail for seven years. 法官判他入狱七年。 lock up /ˌlɒk ˈʌpǁˌlɑːk-/ [transitive phrasal verb] informal to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think that someone deserves to be in prison 【非正式】把…关进监狱［尤用于指某人活该］ lock somebody up rapists deserve to be locked up for the rest of their lives. 强奸犯活该坐一辈子牢。lock up somebody it costs $23,000 a year to lock up an adult. 关押一名成年人每年耗资23,000美元。 locking up more criminals has helped to reduce the crime rate and produce safer streets. 将更多罪犯关进监狱有助于降低犯罪率，使街上更安全。 throw somebody in jail /ˌθrəʊ somebody ɪn ˈdʒeɪl/ [verb phrase] to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think that someone does not deserve to be in prison 将某人投入监狱［尤用于认为某人不该入狱］ the court's decision suggests that it is ok to throw pregnant women in jail just because they are addicted. 法院判决意味着仅仅因为其有毒瘾就把孕妇投入监狱没错。 when they called for free elections, the government threw them all in jail. 他们要求自由选举，政府便将他们都投入监狱。 jail /dʒeɪl/ [transitive verb usually in passive] to put someone in prison for a fixed period of time - used especially in newspaper reports 监禁，关押［一段固定的时期，尤用于报纸上的报道］ many of the group's leaders have now been jailed. 这个团体的许多领导人都已经被关押。be jailed for (doing) something about 5000 people have been jailed for crimes of terrorism or treason since 1992. 自1992年以来，约5,000人因恐怖主义犯罪或叛国罪被捕入狱。 marco was arrested and jailed for accepting bribes from drug dealers. 马科因收受毒贩贿赂被捕入狱。 imprison /ɪmˈprɪzən/ [transitive verb usually in passive] formal to put someone in prison - use this especially when you think the punishment is wrong or unfair 【正式】关押，监禁［尤用于认为处罚是错的或不公平的］ thousands of civilians were arrested, imprisoned and killed 成千上万的平民遭到逮捕，关押并处决。be imprisoned for (doing) something two of the boys have been imprisoned for theft. 男孩中有两个因偷盗被监禁。 the priest had been imprisoned for preaching the gospel. 那位牧师因宣讲福音被关押。 imprisonment [uncountable noun] the maximum penalty is three years’ imprisonment. 最高的处罚是三年监禁。 it was a very sad case of false imprisonment. 这是一个错判监禁的案例，令人十分难过。 incarcerate /ɪnˈkɑːʳsəreɪt/ [transitive verb usually in passive] to put someone in prison - used in newspapers, television etc and in formal contexts 监禁，囚禁［用于报纸、电视等及用于正式场合］ carter spent 19 years incarcerated in new jersey on murder charges. 卡特被控杀人，在新泽西州坐了19年牢。 there are too many people on death row who are innocent of the crimes for which they are incarcerated. 冤枉入狱被判死刑的人太多了。 incarceration /ɪnˌkɑːʳsəˈreɪʃən/ [uncountable noun] anyone speaking out against the regime faced death or incarceration. 任何公开反对该政权的人都有可能被处死或监禁。 intern /ɪnˈtɜːʳn/ [transitive verb usually in passive] to put someone, especially someone from another country, in prison during a war, because they are thought to be dangerous ［战时］扣押，拘留［尤指外国人］ the french soldiers, who had surrendered without fighting, were interned in hanoi. 不战而降的法军士兵被扣押在河内。 thousands died. and thousands were interned in forced labour camps. 成千上万人死亡，又有成千上万人被扣押在强制劳动营中。 internment [uncountable noun] one of the subjects for debate was the government's power of internment without trial. 辩论的主题之一是政府未经审判将人拘留的权力。3. to force someone to stay in a place as a prisoner 强制某人作为囚犯留在一地 keep /kiːp/ [transitive verb] to force someone to stay in a place, as if they were a prisoner 禁闭 west had abducted the young girl and kept her in his basement for 10 days. 韦斯特绑架了那名少女，将她关在地下室十天。keep somebody prisoner police think that the woman may have been kept prisoner for the twenty four hours before she was murdered. 警方认为那名女子遇害前可能曾被监禁了24小时。 take somebody hostage /ˌteɪk somebody ˈhɒstɪdʒǁ-ˈhɑː-/ [verb phrase] if an enemy or group of criminals takes someone hostage, they keep that person as a prisoner, and threaten to kill or injure them unless they get what they want 将某人当作人质 the government is concerned that british troops might be taken hostage by guerrillas. 政府担心英国部队可能会被游击队扣作人质。 a band of human rights activists stormed the embassy and took several people hostage. 一帮人权活动分子冲进大使馆，将数人扣为人质。 hold /həʊld/ [transitive verb] to keep someone in a place and not allow them to leave - used especially in news reports 扣留，拘留［尤用于新闻报道］ police are holding two men in connection with the robbery. 警方拘留了两名与劫案有关的男子。hold somebody prisoner/hostage/captive several tourists were being held captive by rebels in kashmir. 数名游客在克什米尔地区遭叛乱分子扣留。 militant prisoners held 24 guards hostage on friday, as jail unrest spread throughout the country. 随着监狱骚乱在全国蔓延，激进的囚犯于星期五将24名狱卒扣作人质。 confine /kənˈfaɪn/ [transitive verb usually in passive] to make someone stay in a very small place, with the result that their freedom or movements are restricted 幽禁；禁闭 confine somebody to something the judge has confined the jury to their hotel until after the verdict. 作出判决前法官让陪审团留在酒店，不许外出。 all the illegal immigrants were confined to a small island in the harbour. 所有的非法移民都被关在港口的一个小岛上。be confined in brett was eventually confined in a psychiatric hospital, where he committed suicide. 布雷特最终被关进一所精神病院，他在那里自杀身亡。 confinement [uncountable noun] many women spent a lifetime of virtual confinement in the home. 许多女性事实上一辈子被关在家里。solitary confinement when a prisoner is kept completely alone for a period of time 单独囚禁 pratt spent the first eight years of his prison sentence in solitary confinement. 头八年普拉特被单独禁闭。 shut up /ˌʃʌt ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb usually in passive] informal to put or keep someone in a place so that they are no longer free 【非正式】禁闭，监禁 shut somebody up according to the legend, acrisius built an underground house for his daughter. here he shut her up and guarded her. 根据传说，阿克里西俄斯为女儿在地下建了一座房子。他把她禁闭在那里，守护着她。 the lawyer claimed that his client had been shut up in a prison cell for hours, when there was no legal reason to keep him. 那位律师称他的委托人在牢里被关了几小时，当时没有法律依据这么做。4. to be in prison as a punishment 在监狱里服刑 be in prison/jail /biː ɪn ˈprɪzən, ˈdʒeɪl/ [verb phrase] both her sons are now in jail. 她的两个儿子现在都在坐牢。 the two irishmen were in prison for five years before they were found to be innocent. 这两名爱尔兰人在监狱里待了五年之后才被判无罪。 be inside /biː ɪnˈsaɪd/ [verb phrase] informal to be in prison - used especially by someone who has been in prison and is talking about their experience 【非正式】在牢里［尤用于谈论坐牢的经历］ ‘when i was inside,’ said jimmy. ‘i really learned how to look after myself.’ “在牢里的时候，”吉米说道，“我真正学会了怎样照顾自己。 do time /ˌduː ˈtaɪm/ [verb phrase] informal to be in prison for a period of time as a punishment for a crime 【非正式】坐牢 sid's wife ran off with another man while he was doing time. 锡德坐牢期间，妻子和一名男子私奔了。do time for none of us knew that greg had done time for stealing cars. 我们谁都不知道格雷格因盗窃汽车而坐过牢。 serve /sɜːʳv/ [transitive verb] to spend a period of time in prison, especially the period that a judge has said you must spend there 服刑 serve 3 years/6 months etc (for something) holt is currently serving five years for child abduction. 霍尔特因绑架儿童目前在服五年徒刑。serve time (for something) both the brothers had criminal records and had served time for robbery. 兄弟两人都有犯罪记录，因抢劫服过刑。serve time in prison/jail she met schmidt while serving time in prison for drug possession. 她因藏毒在监狱服刑时遇见了施米特。serve a sentence fowler was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence. 福勒服满三分之二的刑期后被释放了。5. to be kept in a place by the police 被警方禁闭在某处 be in custody /biː ɪn ˈkʌstədi/ [verb phrase] if someone who the police think is guilty of a crime is in custody, they are kept in prison until it is time for them to be judged in a law court ［庭审前］被拘留 the twenty-seven militants now in custody were arrested in raids last month. 现在拘留的27个激进分子是在上月突击搜查中逮捕的。be in police custody an inquiry has been launched following the death of a man in police custody. 一名男子在被警方拘留期间死亡，于是便开始了调查。be held in custody a woman is being held in custody in connection with the murder. 一名与谋杀案有关连的女子目前被拘留。be remanded in custody british be sent back to prison from a court until your trial 【英】还押候审 naylor was remanded in custody by huyton magistrates until june 17th. 内勒被海顿地方法官还押候审，一直拘留到6月17日。 be under arrest /biː ˌʌndər əˈrest/ [verb phrase] if someone is under arrest, the police are keeping them guarded because they think they are guilty of a crime 被捕，在押 police confirmed last night that mr joshi is under arrest. 昨晚警方证实乔西先生被捕。be under arrest for i'm afraid your son is under arrest for theft. 很抱歉，你儿子因偷盗被捕了。 be detained /biː dɪˈteɪnd/ [verb phrase] to be kept somewhere by the police or army so that you cannot leave, and especially so that they can ask you questions 拘留，扣押［尤为了问话］ on tuesday last week, finnegan was detained and questioned by fraud squad officers. 上周二，芬尼根被反欺诈小队的警察扣押问话。be detained for he was detained for questioning about the terrorist attacks. 他被扣押查问有关恐怖袭击的事。6. someone who is in prison as a punishment for a crime 作为对其罪行的惩罚而被关进监狱的人 prisoner /ˈprɪzənəʳ/ [countable noun] someone who is kept in prison as a punishment 囚犯，犯人 the prisoners are allowed an hour's exercise every day. 犯人们每天有一小时锻炼时间。political prisoner someone who is a prisoner because of their political beliefs 政治犯 thousands of political prisoners remain imprisoned, frequently as a result of unfair trials. 经常由于不公正的审判，成千上万名政治犯一直被关在监狱里。 convict /ˈkɒnvɪktǁˈkɑːn-/ [countable noun] someone who has been proved guilty of a crime and has been sent to prison 已决犯；囚犯 sakhalin was an island where convicts were sent, 700 miles from khabarovsk. 萨哈林岛距离哈巴罗夫斯克700英里，是已决犯的服刑地。ex-convict someone who used to be in prison 前科犯 stubbs was an ex-convict who got a job as a security guard. 谋到了一份保安工作的斯塔布斯以前曾因犯罪入狱。an escaped convict someone who has escaped from prison 逃犯 there was a report on the news about an escaped convict. 新闻里有关于一名逃犯的报道。 inmate /ˈɪnmeɪt/ [countable noun] a prisoner in a particular prison ［关在某监狱的］犯人 more than half the inmates were there for some sort of violent crime. 那里关押的犯人半数以上犯了某种暴力罪。prison inmate the number of prison inmates has been increasing in recent years. 近年来，监狱关押的犯人数量一直在上升。7. someone who is kept in a place when they do not want to be there 被迫留在不愿意逗留的地方的人 prisoner /ˈprɪzənəʳ/ [countable noun] my parents were very strict. sometimes i felt like a prisoner in my own home. 我的父母十分严格，有时我觉得像是一个被关在自己家里的犯人。 it's a science fiction story about people being taken to another planet as prisoners. 这是一部讲述人们作为囚犯被带到另一个星球的科幻小说。hold/keep somebody prisoner mann was held prisoner in the back of the chevrolet and told she was going to be killed. 曼被强留在雪佛兰车的后座，有人对她说要杀死她。 prisoner of war/pow /ˌprɪzənər əv ˈwɔːʳ, ˌpiː əʊ ˈdʌbəljuː/ [countable noun] a soldier etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept as a prisoner 战俘 there were general codes covering such matters as the treatment of prisoners of war. 关于对待战俘这类问题有一些通则。 a pow camp 战俘营 captive /ˈkæptɪv/ [countable noun] someone who is kept in a place illegally, especially in a war - used especially in literature 战俘，俘虏［尤用于文学作品］ all the captives were kept in a darkened room with their hands tied. 所有的战俘都被绑住双手，关在一间黑暗的房间里。 the rebels promised to release their captives unharmed if the government did as they said. 叛乱分子答应，要是政府满足他们的要求，他们会不伤害俘虏并放了他们。 hostage /ˈhɒstɪdʒǁˈhɑː-/ [countable noun] someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy country or organization, and is threatened with death or injury if that person's government or organization does not do what the enemy wants 人质 the terrorists say that they will kill the hostages if we don't agree to their demands. 恐怖分子称要是我们不答应他们的要求，他们就杀死人质。 an attempt to rescue the american hostages ended in disaster when a helicopter crashed. 一架直升机坠毁，营救美国人质的行动以灾难告终。take somebody hostage make someone your hostage 俘虏某人作人质 the medical team were captured and taken hostage. 医疗队被俘虏作了人质。hold somebody hostage keep someone in a place as your hostage 扣押某人作人质 a british journalist was held hostage for over four years. 一名英国记者被扣作人质四年多。 detainee /ˌdiːteɪˈniː/ [countable noun] someone who is being kept in a place by the police while they are waiting to go to court, or so that the police can ask them questions about something illegal they may have done 被拘留者 the government has ordered the trial of all detainees within six months. 政府下令六个月之内审讯所有被拘留者。 according to a recent report, many detainees claim that police have mistreated them. 最近有篇报道说，许多被拘留者称受到警方虐待。8. when someone is kept in a place they do not want to be in 某人被迫留在不愿意逗留的地方 captivity /kæpˈtɪvɪti, kæpˈtɪvəti/ [uncountable noun] in his book, he describes what life was like during his long captivity. 书中，他描述了自己遭长期拘禁的生活。in captivity the industrialist, who was captured on november 24th, was freed after 84 days in captivity. 那位工业家于11月24日被虏，囚禁了84天后获释。be held/kept in captivity folkes says that he was held in captivity for over a year. 福克斯称自己被囚禁了一年多。 imprisonment /ɪmˈprɪzənmənt/ [uncountable noun] the state of being kept as a prisoner, especially as punishment for a crime 监禁［尤作为刑罚］ johnson was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for causing a riot. 约翰逊因煽动骚乱被判三年监禁。life imprisonment many women believe that the punishment for rape should be life imprisonment. 许多女性认为强奸的惩罚应该是无期徒刑。 detention /dɪˈtenʃən/ [uncountable noun] especially british when someone is kept in a place such as a prison because they may have done something illegal 【尤英】拘留，扣押；监禁 cases of detention without trial were common in the last century. 上个世纪，未经审判监禁的案例很普遍。 ormerod, aged 19, was sentenced to nine months’ detention for possessing and supplying cannabis. 奥默罗德，19岁，因私藏并提供大麻被判九个月监禁。be held/kept in detention marik, who had been held in detention for over a year, was eventually found not guilty. 马里克被关了超过一年，最终被判无罪。release somebody from detention mrs davis was released from detention yesterday and all charges have been dropped. 昨天戴维斯夫人从狱中获释，所有指控都已撤消。9. the period of time that someone must spend in prison 某人必须在狱中度过的一段时间 sentence /ˈsentəns/ [countable noun] the period of time that a judge decides that someone should spend in prison 刑期 belfast appeal court increased his sentence from five to nine years. 贝尔法斯特上诉法院将他的刑期从五年加至九年。serve a sentence (for something) he was recently freed after serving a sentence for leading anti-government riots. 他因领导反政府骚乱服刑，最近获释。serve a 2-year/10-year etc sentence perrault is serving a 15-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion. 佩罗因诈骗和逃税在服15年的徒刑。prison/jail sentence moore began an eighteen-month prison sentence in november. 11月份穆尔开始服刑，为期18个月。life sentence when someone is in prison for the rest of their life 无期徒刑 hailey is serving a life sentence, and is reported to be in poor health. 黑利在服无期徒刑，据报道身体很差。death sentence when a judge says that a criminal's punishment is death 死刑 if found guilty of first-degree murder, bangham could face the death sentence. 如果被裁定犯有一级谋杀罪，班厄姆可能会面临死刑。 sentence [transitive verb] the judge said that his was a very serious crime, and sentenced him to eight years in prison. 法官说他的罪行非常严重，判处他八年监禁。 60 prisoners have been sentenced to death in political trials. 在政治审讯中60名囚犯被判死刑。 pris·on /`prɪzṇ; ˈprɪzən/n [c,u]a building where criminals are kept as a punishment 监狱:◇be in prison her husband's in prison. 她丈夫坐牢了。 ☞ prison |
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