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单词 prison
释义
prison
noun
uk
/ˈprɪz.ən/us
/ˈprɪz.ən/
B1[CorU]
abuildingwherecriminalsareforcedtoliveas apunishment:
监狱
Conditions in the prison are said to beappalling.监狱里的条件据说糟透了。
He'sspenta lot oftimeinprison.他坐了很长时间的牢。
Shewent to/wassenttoprison for sixmonths.她入狱6个月。
It was amaximum-securityprison(=intendedto beespeciallydifficulttoescapefrom).这是一所戒备森严的监狱。
They shouldputhiminprison andthrowaway thekey!他们应该把他关进监狱，永远也别放出来！
a prisoncell/sentence/guard牢房／徒刑／狱监
See also
penitentiary
picture of prison
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[U]
thesystemofkeepingpeoplein prisons:
监禁，关押；关押制度
the prisonsystem监狱制度
Do youthinkprisonworks?你认为监禁有用吗？
Prison(= thetimehe hadspentin prison)hadn'tchangedhim at all.服刑丝毫没有让他改变。
[C]
asituationorrelationshipfrom which it isdifficulttoescape:
樊笼；禁锢
Shefeltthat hermarriagehadbecomea prison.她觉得自己的婚姻变成了牢笼。
More examples
  • He wassentto prison for acrimethat he didn'tcommit.
  • He wassentto a high-security prison.
  • If youspendanytimein prison, you'relabelledas acriminalfor therestofyourlife.
  • Thereleasefrom prison of two of theterroristshasprovokedapublicoutcry.
  • Heservedayearin prison and was thenletout onprobation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Prisons & parts of prisons
  • approved school
  • Bastille
  • boot camp
  • borstal
  • brig
  • clink
  • dungeon
  • gaol
  • gaoler
  • halfway house
  • nick
  • open prison
  • panopticon
  • penal colony
  • penitentiary
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • the gulag
  • warder
  • young offender institution
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Putting people in prison
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
(Definition ofprisonfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

prison| American Dictionary

prison
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈprɪz·ən/
abuildingwherecriminalsarekeptas apunishment:
[U]He wassentto prison forlife.
(Definition ofprisonfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprison

prison
That study found the risk associated with receipt of tattoos inprisonelevated, but not statistically significant.
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Most commentators believed that many ' incorrigibles ' had to be interned in security confinement after theirprisonor penitentiary sentence, in order to protect society.
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Manyprisonofficials agreed that, as long as security confinement had not become law, ' incorrigible ' inmates should at least be excluded from most benefits.
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In contrast, the corporations operating private prisons inflict sanctions whose severity is determined by the state.
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While he was inprison, two of his brothers died, one of a drug overdose.
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Three senior medical officials were convicted of criminal negligence and fraud and were sentenced toprison.
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It now mainly manufactures prefabricated building modules for schools, hospitals and prisons.
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Confiscating and reading through his manuscripts, the agents decided to send him to aprisonpsychiatrist.
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This may reflect the absence of patients with heart disease in some prisons, though all are likely to have some patients at some time.
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Most of the increased risk associated with tattoos appeared to result from acquisition of tattoos in jail orprison.
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But a brief foray intoprisonliterature suggests to me that the conceptual difficulties can easily be exaggerated.
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A further eight cases were identified in four other prisons within the state.
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Included were questions about the provision of services applicable toprisonpopulations but not usually to mainstream general practice.
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But how did this affect the lives of individual inmates inside prisons and penitentiaries?
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Less than a quarter of prisons had audited any of their chronic disease services in the last two years.
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Collocationswithprison

prison

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adult prison
That happens now in theadultprisonsystem.
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federal prison
Federalprisonauthorities will decide where.
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juvenile prison
The church has now adopted the juvenile prison.
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