/ˈprɪzn ||; ˈprɪzṇ/
(also jail) noun [C,U] a building where criminals are kept as a punishment 监狱:
The terrorists were sent to prison for twenty-five years.那帮恐怖分子被判入狱二十五年。He will be released from prison next month.他将于下月获释出狱。☞Look at imprison and jail. 参看imprison及jail。 If a person goes to prison or is in prison (without ‘ the ’), he/she has to stay there as a prisoner He was sent to prison for two years.‘The prison’ refers to a particular prison, or indicates that a person is only visiting the building temporarily The politician visited the prison and said that conditions were poor. 某人作为犯人入狱(go to prison)或在狱中(in prison)时,prison前面没有the:He was sent to prison for two years.他被关了两年。指某座监狱或某人只是去监狱探访一下时用the prison:The politician visited the prison and said that conditions were poor.那位政治家参观了这座监狱,说那里的条件很差。