Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1307
Fully loadedprison
监狱
核心释义
A building or institution where people are legally confined, especially for long periods, typically for crimes they have committed.
- 1.
关押人们的地方或机构,尤其在美国用于长期监禁被判重罪或被政府视为不受欢迎的人
A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
- 2.
监狱
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- 3.
监禁
Confinement in prison.
- 4.
禁锢之地
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
监禁；囚禁；牢笼；束缚；关押人们的地方或机构,尤其在美国用于长期监禁被判重罪或被政府视为不受欢迎的人；监禁；禁锢之地
用法In use
He was sentenced to five years in prison for robbery.
用法提示：作为名词，指关押罪犯的场所。
The company's strict rules made the office feel like a prison.
用法提示：作为名词，比喻束缚人的环境。
After his escape, the police recaptured him and returned him to prison.
用法提示：作为名词，指实际监狱。
be in prison
表示状态
He was in prison for ten years.
他在监狱里待了十年。
be sent to prison
被动结构
The criminal was sent to prison for robbery.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- in prison
- 在监狱中
- He spent ten years in prison for robbery.他因抢劫在监狱里待了十年。
- go to prison
- 入狱
- If found guilty, she could go to prison for life.如果被判有罪，她可能会终身监禁。
- prison sentence
- 刑期
- The judge gave him a five-year prison sentence.法官判了他五年徒刑。
- prison break
- 越狱
- The movie is about a daring prison break.这部电影是关于一次大胆的越狱。
- prison guard
- 监狱看守
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
‘pri’似‘怕人’，监狱令人害怕。
语境与语域Context & Register
“prison” 通常用于正式、法律及日常语境，指代监狱或监禁状态，使用范围较广，无明显语境限制。
语法说明Grammar Note
作可数名词时指具体的监狱建筑；作不可数名词时指被监禁的状态。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No word in the list rhymes perfectly with 'prison' (/ˈprɪzən/) because the stressed vowel /ɪ/ is not matched or the following consonants differ. Words like reason, season, treason, poison share the /zən/ ending but have different stressed vowels. Words like person, lesson share the -son spelling but are pronounced with /sən/.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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