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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- prison
['prɪzn]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(institution) 监狱
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2.
noun
[u]
(imprisonment) 坐牢
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3.
noun
[c]
[fig]
束缚
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in prison
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坐牢
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- prison
[ˈprɪzən]
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1.
n.[c]
监狱，看守所，拘留所
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As a result, they were transferred to different prisons
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其结果，他们被转移到不同的监狱服刑。
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2.
n.[u]
束缚，关押，监禁
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When I was 15, I left the prison of my parent's home.
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当我15岁的时候，我离开了父母的束缚。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- prison
['prɪzən]
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1.
n
a public building used to house convicted criminals and accused persons remanded in custody and awaiting trial - See also jail penitentiary reformatory
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2.
n
any place of confinement or seeming confinement
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3.
n
[Etymology]
C12: from Old French prisun, from Latin prensio a capturing, from prehendere to lay hold of
Examples
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to adjudge a man to prison
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对某人判以监禁
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a maximum security prison
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实行最严格防备措施的监狱
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thrown into prison
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使身陷囹圄；被投进监狱
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After the escape from prison, the convicts beat it into the night.
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罪犯们从监狱里逃出来以后就消失在夜色中了。
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He was put in prison for that fraud job.
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他因欺诈罪被判入狱。
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