prison
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.
In Gambia, as in most parts of Africa, there are few written records of family histoy.
冈比亚同非洲多数地方一样,有关家族的书面记载为数极少。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.