prison sb
动词 prison 较书面且少见，日常英语中更常用 imprison。
The regime prisoned the journalists without trial.
该政权未经审判就监禁了那些记者。
监禁某人
to put someone in prison; to imprison
监禁某人
To imprison.
一般现在时
The law prisons those who commit serious crimes.
法律监禁那些犯下严重罪行的人。
一般过去时
They prisoned the thief after the trial.
审判后他们监禁了那个小偷。
现在完成时
The government has prisoned many political opponents.
政府监禁了许多政治反对者。
动词 prison 意为“监禁”，规则变化。
The evil queen prisoned the princess in a tall tower.
邪恶的王后把公主囚禁在一座高塔里。
用法提示：prisoned 是 prison 的过去式，作及物动词，表示“监禁”。
The law prisons anyone who commits a serious crime.
法律会监禁任何犯下重罪的人。
用法提示：prisons 是 prison 的第三人称单数形式，作及物动词，表示“把……关进监狱”。
They are prisoning the thief until the police arrive.
他们正把那个小偷关起来，直到警察到来。
用法提示：are prisoning 是 prison 的现在进行时，作及物动词，表示“正把……关押”。
动词 prison 较书面且少见，日常英语中更常用 imprison。
The regime prisoned the journalists without trial.
该政权未经审判就监禁了那些记者。
被动结构常表示人被困在某处，多用于书面叙述。
The miners were prisoned in the tunnel for three days.
矿工们被困在隧道里三天。
grammar · medium
易错句子The journalist prisoned for ten years.
正确表达The journalist was prisoned for ten years.
prison 意为“监禁某人”，是及物动词，主语是执行关押的一方，被关押的人只能作宾语，或用被动语态 be prisoned。汉语“被监禁十年”以受害者为句子主语，直接照搬会漏掉被动结构，于是写出 The journalist prisoned... 这样的错句。
grammar · medium
易错句子The court prisoned him to five years.
正确表达The court prisoned him for five years.
表示监禁时长用介词 for（for five years）；to 只出现在 sentence sb to five years（判处五年）这类结构中。受汉语“判处……”搭配的影响，学习者容易把 to 误用到 prison 之后。
grammar · medium
易错句子The regime prisonned the dissidents.
正确表达The regime prisoned the dissidents.
只有以重读闭音节结尾时才双写末尾辅音字母再加 -ed（如 planned、stopped）；prison 重音在第一个音节 /ˈprɪzən/，末尾音节不重读，所以直接加 -ed，拼作 prisoned，不能双写 n。
被囚禁在……里
The bird was prisoned in a narrow cage.
那只鸟被囚禁在一个窄小的笼子里。
把某人关在……里
They prisoned the rebel in a cold stone cell.
他们把那名叛乱者关在一间冰冷的石牢里。
被禁锢在……之中
He felt prisoned within his own fears.
他觉得自己被禁锢在恐惧之中。
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