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prisons

英 [ˈprɪznz]

美 [ˈprɪzənz]

n.  监狱; 牢狱; 看守所; 监禁; 关押; 关押制度; 难以脱身的地方(或处境); 牢笼; 樊笼
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柯林斯词典

  • N-VAR 监狱;监牢;看守所
    Aprisonis a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial.
    1. The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells...
      这个监狱的犯人被关在他们的囚室里。
    2. He was sentenced to life in prison...
      他被判处终身监禁。
    3. They released Mr Mandela from prison in 1990.
      1990年,他们将曼德拉先生从狱中释放。
    4. ...the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison.
      圣昆廷监狱的毒气室

双语例句

  • There's a lot of talk about what's wrong with prisons in America.
    许多人在讨论美国监狱到底出了什么问题。
  • Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible
    监狱只好拼命往里面塞犯人。
  • A dozen committees have met and published recommendations to decongest prisons, curb arbitrary arrests and speed up trials.
    据了解,一批大大小小的国家委员会进行了会晤并向外发布了一系列的建议,旨在减轻监狱的负担、控制任意的逮捕以及加速审判的过程。
  • The prisons are all full up.
    各监狱人满为患。
  • Prisons like Strangeways, built more than 100 years ago, were intended to look grim and foreboding places.
    诸如斯特兰奇韦斯监狱之类建于100多年前的监狱故意营造出一种阴森、不祥的气氛。
  • Last week we heard about the awful conditions which exist in British prisons.
    上星期我们听说了英国监狱中的可怕情况。
  • British prisons remain disgracefully crowded and insanitary.
    英国监狱仍然拥挤不堪,卫生条件恶劣。
  • Staffing levels in prisons are too low.
    监狱管理人员数量太少。
  • The city has turned prisons and jails into a catchment for mentally ill people who get into trouble.
    该市已经把监狱和拘留所变成了对遇到麻烦的精神病人的关押处。
  • This law will help to reform the prisons.
    这条法律将有助于改革监狱内的情况。