Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1307
Fully loadedprison
监狱
A building or institution where people are legally confined, especially for long periods, typically for crimes they have committed.
- 1.
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.
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
- 2.
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
监狱
- 3.
Confinement in prison.
监禁
- 4.
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
禁锢之地
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
In use
He was sentenced to five years in prison for robbery.
The company's strict rules made the office feel like a prison.
After his escape, the police recaptured him and returned him to prison.
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.
该罪犯因抢劫被送进监狱。
escape from prison
Three prisoners escaped from prison last night.
Connections
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
- The prison guard checked the cells every hour.监狱看守每小时检查牢房。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
‘pri’似‘怕人’，监狱令人害怕。
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。
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。
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/.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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