prison
noun uk/ˈprɪz.ən/ us/ˈprɪz.ən/
B1 [ C or U ]监狱
a building where criminals are forced to live as a punishment
Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling. 监狱里的条件据说糟透了。
He's spent a lot of time in prison. 他坐了很长时间的牢。
She went to/was sent to prison for six months. 她入狱6个月。
It was a maximum-security prison (= intended to be especially difficult to escape from). 这是一所戒备森严的监狱。
They should put him in prison and throw away the key! 他们应该把他关进监狱，永远也别放出来！
a prison cell/sentence/guard 牢房／徒刑／狱监
See also: penitentiary
[ U ]监禁，关押;关押制度
the system of keeping people in prisons
the prison system 监狱制度
Do you think prison works? 你认为监禁有用吗？
Prison (= the time he had spent in prison) hadn't changed him at all. 服刑丝毫没有让他改变。
[ C ]樊笼；禁锢
a situation or relationship from which it is difficult to escape
She felt that her marriage had become a prison. 她觉得自己的婚姻变成了牢笼。
- More examples
- 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.