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。
• Staffing levels in prisons are too low.
  监狱管理人员数量太少。
• 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。
• 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。
• British prisons remain disgracefully crowded and insanitary.
  英国监狱仍然拥挤不堪，卫生条件恶劣。
• 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。
• 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。
• Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible
  监狱只好拼命往里面塞犯人。
• Mind control experiments have been part of California for decades and permeate mental institutions and prisons.
  精神控制实验成为加州的一部分已经十年了，并且渗入到了精神病院和监狱中。
• 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。