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

• 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。
• All the country's prisons are full to capacity.
  全国所有的监狱都满了。
• Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible
  监狱只好拼命往里面塞犯人。
• This law will help to reform the prisons.
  这条法律将有助于改革监狱内的情况。
• The country's prisons are filled with drug-takers, and cannot cope with the numbers
  这个国家的监狱里挤满了瘾君子，都容纳不下了。
• 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。
• Staffing levels in prisons are too low.
  监狱管理人员数量太少。
• British prisons remain disgracefully crowded and insanitary.
  英国监狱仍然拥挤不堪，卫生条件恶劣。
• In some government agencies, such as the police and prisons, the role of coercion is obvious.
  在某些政府机构中，比如警察局和监狱，强制性是显而易见的。
• 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。