jails

英 [dʒeɪlz]

美 [dʒeɪlz]

n.  监狱
v.  监禁
jail的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用gaol


• N-VAR 监狱；看守所
  Ajailis a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept.
  1. Three prisoners escaped from a jail.
     3名囚犯越狱了。
• VERB 使入狱；监禁
  If someoneis jailed, they are put into jail.
  1. He was jailed for twenty years.
     他被判了20年监禁。

双语例句

• On the Influence of Mass Culture on Prisoners in Jails& A Case Study of Petty Violence Crimes
  大众文化对监狱服刑人员的影响&暴力犯罪的个案研究
• Jails which punishment and the reformation the criminal, the author elaborates insure the safety of jails on foundation condition, key link, basic guarantee and important means.
  对于用来惩罚与改造罪犯的监狱，作者阐述了要确保监狱安全的基础条件，关键环节，根本保障及重要手段。
• Result: smuggling, sky-high black market prices and an increase in violence up 400 per cent in the jails of Maine, according to reports.
  结果就是：走私、极高的黑市价格和暴力增加根据报告显示，缅因州监狱的暴力事件增加了400%。
• I was not a stranger to visiting arrangements in jails.
  我对监狱里的探监手续并不陌生。
• Making use of written or common law, the serf-owners set up penitentiaries or private jails.
  农奴主运用成文法或习惯法，设立监狱或私牢。
• Check it out: People who have what you want are all over rehab clinics, divorce courts, and jails.
  想想吧：拥有你想要的一切的人们，也许正在康复中心、离婚法庭和监狱。
• The state of the country's jails was a cause for concern.
  过个国家监狱的状况令人担心。
• It seems hard to think of anything bad to say about work in jails.
  我们似乎很难说让犯人劳动有什么不好。
• Days later they were themselves murdered in murky circumstances in what purported to be one of the country's most secure jails.
  然而数天之后，他们自己却在阴暗的环境、说是该国最安全的监牢之一被灭口。
• The guerrillas demanded the release of 200 Palestinians held in Israeli jails and a safe passage out of Germany.
  游击队要求释放关在以色列监狱中的200名巴勒斯坦人，并安全离开德国。