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。
• 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。
• They gave us special prisons.
  他们却给我们一个特别囚犯。
• This law will help to reform the prisons.
  这条法律将有助于改革监狱内的情况。
• 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。
• Prisons like Strangeways, built more than 100 years ago, were intended to look grim and foreboding places.
  诸如斯特兰奇韦斯监狱之类建于100多年前的监狱故意营造出一种阴森、不祥的气氛。
• A dozen committees have met and published recommendations to decongest prisons, curb arbitrary arrests and speed up trials.
  据了解，一批大大小小的国家委员会进行了会晤并向外发布了一系列的建议，旨在减轻监狱的负担、控制任意的逮捕以及加速审判的过程。
• National governments, policy-makers and prison management need to address gender insensitivity and social injustice in prisons.
  各国政府、决策者和监狱管理层需要解决监狱中性别不敏感性和社会不公问题。
• Jails and prisons often find themselves unprepared to deal with the mentally ill.
  拘留所和监狱常常感到他们自己还没有能力处理精神病犯人。
• British prisons remain disgracefully crowded and insanitary.
  英国监狱仍然拥挤不堪，卫生条件恶劣。