prison

英['prɪzn]美['prɪzn]
  • n. 监狱；监禁
  • vt. 囚禁；关入监狱

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    来源于拉丁语中动词prehendere(抓住)派生的名词prehensio(抓)的缩写形式prensio，经由古法语prisun，进入英语为prison。=-pris-抓住+-on名词词尾来自古法语prison，监狱，来自拉丁语prehensionem，抓住，来自prehendere，抓住，握住，词源同prehensile,comprehend.-s，过去分词格。引申动词词义监禁，关押。

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ C or U ] 监狱

      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

    2. [ U ] 监禁，关押;关押制度

      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。

    3. [ C ] 樊笼；禁锢

      She felt that her marriage had become a prison.

      她觉得自己的婚姻变成了牢笼。

    小知识

    A prison is a place where criminals and people waiting for trials are locked up. If you’ve been cooped up in the house, you might feel like you’re stuck inside prison walls. But if you’re not, go outside already.

    A person who's been sentenced to time in prison is called a prisoner. Prisons vary, but usually prisoners are confined to a small cell, with time spent in large groups for eating, working, and exercise. If you feel like you're stuck in a place or a situation, you might call that prison: “I can't wait to go home — this summer camp is like a prison!” The Latin root is prension, “laying hold of.”

    实用短语

    1. prison break

      越狱,越狱风云,美国警匪片,破阵

    2. victoria prison

      域多利监狱

    3. stanley prison

      赤柱监狱

    4. women prison

      女子监狱

    5. prison on fire

      监狱风云,片,牢狱风云,详细翻译

    6. stanford prison experiment

      斯坦福监狱实验,史丹福监狱实验,斯坦福监狱试验

    7. halden prison

      哈尔登监狱

    8. sugamo prison

      巢鸭监狱

    9. newgate prison

      新门监狱,纽盖特监狱

    常用短语

    1. in prison

      坐牢

    2. escape from prison

      越狱

    3. prison sentence

      n. 徒刑

    4. prison camp

      战俘集中营

    5. go to prison

      入狱；被监禁

    6. prison guard

      监狱看守

    7. state prison

      [法]州监狱

    8. prison term

      刑期

    9. be put in prison

      被送去坐牢

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    以下这些名词均有”牢房，监狱”的意思
    jail(英国英语拼写为gaol)指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。
    prison：指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方，通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。
    cell：指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。

    词根词缀

    词根: pris

    =take,表示”拿住,抓住”

    • n.

      prison 监狱

      pris拿住,抓住+on表名词→抓人之地

      reprisal [政治或军事的]报复

      re反+pris拿住,抓住+al状态→反过来抓住[别人]→报复

    • v.

      imprison 监禁

      im进入+prison监狱→v.监禁

    同义词辨析

    jail, prison, cell

    这些名词均有”牢房，监狱”之意。

    • jail(英国英语拼写为gaol)指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。
    • prison： 指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方，通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。
    • cell： 指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。

    同义词

    n.监狱;机构;拘留所

    institution  /  penitentiary  /  reformatory  /  jail

    其他释义

    penitentiary  /  bondage  /  institution  /  penal  /  dungeon  /  reformatory  /  cage  /  jail  /  tower