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

• 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 were full of people who had been arrested for much less reason.
  监狱里关满了人，他们都是没有多少理由便被抓进去的。
• The fund has been used largely to finance the construction of federal prisons
  该基金大部分用于了资助联邦监狱的建造。
• The SSI had not only withdrawn its own men, emptied its prisons and destroyed archives;
  国家安全调查局的所有人员不仅撤退了，并且还清空了其监狱，毁灭了所有的档案；
• All the country's prisons are full to capacity.
  全国所有的监狱都满了。
• 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。
• Some soldiers have been held captive in the enemy's prisons for years.
  有些士兵被敌人囚禁了许多年。
• British prisons remain disgracefully crowded and insanitary.
  英国监狱仍然拥挤不堪，卫生条件恶劣。
• The prisons are all full up.
  各监狱人满为患。
• Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible
  监狱只好拼命往里面塞犯人。