Wordiyoprison
🇬🇧 UK/'prizn/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 2kTOEFLB1
Definitions
n.
A place where people are kept as punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial.
监狱，监禁，拘留所
v.
To confine in or as if in a prison; to imprison.
监禁，关押
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.go to prison入狱
- 2.prison sentence监禁刑期
- 3.prison cell牢房
- 4.maximum-security prison高度戒备监狱
Example Sentences
- 1.
He was sentenced to five years in prison for armed robbery.
- 2.
The overcrowded prison struggled to provide basic facilities for inmates.
- 3.
After years in prison, she found it difficult to readjust to normal life.