prisoner
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed. 囚犯
The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells. 該委員會很關(guān)心共用牢房的大量犯人。
2. N-COUNT A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example, in war. 俘虜[also 'hold/take' n N]
...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners. …戰(zhàn)時的人質(zhì)們和集中營的戰(zhàn)俘們。
返回 prisoner
prisoner /?pr?z?n?/ (prisoners)
劍橋詞典
- a person who is kept in prison as a punishment
- Early this morning , armed police surrounded a house which they thought contained an escaped prisoner.
- Cooped up in a small dark cell , the prisoner hadn't seen daylight for five years .
- Hundreds of prisoners began a fast in protest about prison conditions .
- Arrangements were made to move the prisoners to another jail .
- More than half of all prisoners discharged are reconvicted within two years .
犯人，囚犯
Prisoners climbed onto the prison roof to protest the conditions inside the prison . 犯人們爬上監(jiān)獄屋頂對監(jiān)獄里的條件表示抗議。
也見 political prisoner
?hold/keep/take sb prisoner
to catch and guard someone so that they cannot escape
監(jiān)禁，拘押（某人）
Of 10,000 troops , 7,000 were killed , wounded , or taken prisoner. 1萬人的軍隊中，有7000人陣亡、受傷或被俘。
The pilot and several passengers were held prisoner by the gunmen for 57 hours . 飛行員和幾名乘客被持槍歹徒扣押了57個小時。
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