jailnoun
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- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- Synonym: jailhouse gaol clink slammer poky pokey
verb
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- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- Synonym: imprison incarcerate lag immure put behind bars jug gaol put away remand
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He finally won his freedom after twenty years in jail .
他蹲了二十年监狱以后终于获得了自由。
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Spending a night in jail was his road to Damascus .
在监狱里度过的一夜彻底改变了他的人生观。
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He could be jailed for two years for contempt .
他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两年。
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She spent a year in jail .
她坐了一年牢。
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New evidence has cast doubt on the guilt of the man jailed for the crime .
新的证据使人们对这个犯罪入狱的男子是否有罪产生了怀疑。
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Several prisoners broke out of the jail .
几名囚犯越狱了。
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He was jailed for life for murder .
他因谋杀罪被终身监禁。
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A man who planned to flood Britain with cocaine was jailed for 15 years .
一个企图往英国大量运送可卡因的男人被监禁15年。
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He has been released from jail .
他已从监狱里放出来了。
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Prisoners have been placed on lockdown to prevent further violence at the jail .
已对囚犯实行活动限制，以免狱中再出现暴力行为。
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The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life .
受害者家属说杀人犯被终身监禁是得到了他应有的惩罚。
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Strenuous efforts had been made to improve conditions in the jail
已经做了大量的努力来改善监狱的条件。
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Reports are now coming in of trouble at yet another jail .
另一所监狱也发生了骚乱的消息正在不断传来。
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One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail .
一名犯人仍在监狱的房顶上顽抗。
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He 's probably going to finish up in jail for business fraud .
他最后很可能会因为商业诈骗而入狱。
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He was jailed in February 1992 and could be released next year .
他于1992年2月入狱，可能明年获释。
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Burns had escaped from jail time after time
伯恩斯屡次越狱。
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Criminals are given the option of going to jail or facing public humiliation
罪犯可以选择要么坐牢，要么遭受当众羞辱。
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He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception
他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。
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He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy
他被指控为英国间谍，入狱关押了5年。
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Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail
监狱里可能有上千名囚犯跑出了牢房。
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Before sentence was passed , Mr Mills escaped from jail .
在宣判前，米尔斯先生越狱了。
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Those two should have been thrown in jail
那两个人早就应该抓去坐牢。
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Prison officers continued to patrol the grounds within the jail .
狱警继续巡视监狱。
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Kathryn knows to her cost the effect of having served a jail sentence
凯瑟琳吃了苦头才知道服过刑会给一个人带来什么影响。
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He was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to three years in jail
他被判犯有亵渎神明罪，刑期3年。
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In the end the ' bad guys ' are caught and sent to jail .
最后，“坏人”都被抓住送进了监狱。
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He was jailed for life in 1966 for the murder of three policemen
他因谋杀了3名警察而在1966年被终身监禁。
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The judge liked using the word ' wicked ' of people he had sent to jail
这个法官喜欢使用“邪恶”一词来形容被他判罪入狱的人。
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The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail
政府经表决后决定对体育界的舞弊行为最高将处以4年监禁。
较正式用词，指将某人关入监狱或关押在某处，通常用被动语态。
They were imprisoned for possession of guns.
他们因持有枪支而被监禁。
Several government officials have been imprisoned by the anti-government rebels.
几名政府官员已被反政府的叛乱分子关押。
指将某人关在某处不许其离开。
The captive was immured in a dungeon for over one month.
那名俘虏被监禁在地牢中一个多月。
He immured his daughter in her bedroom.
他将自己的女儿关在其卧室里。
指出于政治原因或在战争时期不加审讯就扣押某人，通常用被动语态。
The leader of the opposing party was interned.
反对党领导人被扣押了。
A group of doctors were interned in a camp.
一队医生被拘留在一所营房内。
指将某人关入监狱，通常用被动语态。
The thief was jailed for one month.
那个小偷坐了一个月牢。
Was he jailed for embezzlement?
他是因为挪用公款而入狱的吗？
普通用词，指具体的某所监狱时，前面可用冠词，但通常情况下，该词前面不用冠词，侧重表示被监禁状态。
It is a maximum-security prison.
这是一所戒备森严的监狱。
They live opposite the prison.
他们住在监狱对面。
That thief received a two-year prison sentence.
那个小偷获刑2年。
He was sent to prison for embezzlement.
他因挪用公款而入狱。
指监狱或警察局里的单人牢房或小隔离室。
He couldn't remember why he was in the cell at the police station after he came to.
他苏醒过来之后不记得自己为什么会在警察局的隔离室里。
No pictures were allowed to be hung on the walls of the prison cell.
囚室的四壁不允许挂任何图片。
词义同 prison, 可换用。
an overcrowded jail/prison
过于拥挤的监狱
Some demonstrators were thrown in jail/prison for a few days.
一些示威者被送进监狱关了几天。
She has gotten out of jail/prison.
她已经出狱了。