prisoning

1. [C]监狱,看守所 place where people are kept locked up as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial
2. [C]牢笼,禁锢之地 place from which sb or animals cannot escape
3. [U]监禁,入狱,坐牢 being kept in a prison; imprisonment

• break prison越狱
• throw sb in〔into〕 prison把某人投入监狱

• damp prison潮湿的监狱
• overcrowded prison过于拥挤的监狱

• at prison在监狱
• in prison在狱中
• out of prison越狱

• prison for confinement拘留所

in prison坐牢

escape from prison越狱

prison sentence n. 徒刑

prison camp战俘集中营

go to prison入狱；被监禁

prison guard监狱看守

state prison[法]州监狱

prison term刑期

be put in prison被送去坐牢

1. The police crushed out the rebellion in the prison.
   警察把发生在监狱中的暴乱镇压了下去。
2. That felon tried to escape from the prison.
   那名重罪犯试图从监狱中逃跑。
3. His deliverance from the prison puzzled us.
   他被从监狱释放使我们困惑不已。
4. Strikes by prison officers underline the need for reform in our gaols.
   监狱工作人员罢工一事，突出地表明我们的监狱制度需要改革。
5. The thief was put into prison for one year.
   小偷被监禁一年。
6. Many people believe that prison isn't a cure for crime.
   许多人都相信监禁解决不了犯罪问题。

1. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
   她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。
2. He has been kept in prison for weeks without food and dies like a dog.
   他被囚禁了几星期，没有食物果腹，最後悲惨地死去。