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
prison的复数

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

• All the country's prisons are full to capacity.
  全国所有的监狱都满了。
• A more relaxed regime and regular work lends the inmates a dignity not seen in other prisons.
  由于管理较为宽松而且经常从事劳动，这里的囚犯因此多了一份其他监狱的囚犯所没有的尊严感。
• The prisons were without showers or recreational facilities.
  监狱里不为犯人提供淋浴或娱乐设施。
• The prisons are all full up.
  各监狱人满为患。
• There is severe overcrowding in our prisons.
  我们的监狱里过度拥挤的现象极其严重。
• They gave us special prisons.
  他们却给我们一个特别囚犯。
• 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。
• 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。
• Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.
  动物权利保护者指出动物园实际上是动物的牢笼，经常很残酷地对待动物。
• Its leaders have been enraged by the transfer of their members to more secure prisons.
  由于组织成员被移送到更安全的监狱，它的领导人被激怒了。