| 单词 | prison |
| 释义 | prison (prɪzən ) Word forms: prisons variable noun [oft in names] B1 A prison is a building where criminals are kept as punishment or where people accused of a crime are kept before their trial. The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells. He was sentenced to life in prison. They released Mr Mandela from prison in 1990. Synonyms: jail, confinement, can [slang], pound Quotations: Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the selfLive From Death Row Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cageTo Althea, from Prison Collocations: adult prison A kid's colouring book is an odd thing to be sent into an adult prison. The Sun (2014) Two are being held in an adult prison, the other is on bail pending further police inquiries. The Sun (2015) In the UK, 60% of young offenders and 27% of the adult prison population have been through the care system. Times, Sunday Times (2007) We might need to build another prison but it would be worth it. The Sun (2013) Some say we should build more prisons. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This would save the country millions and also save having to build new prisons. The Sun (2007) When the parliamentarian finally emerges from jail, he often becomes an articulate, if self-appointed, spokesman for prison reform. Times, Sunday Times He wrote two books during his jail terms: one an autobiography, the second a call for prison reform. Times, Sunday Times For reasons that are not entirely clear, the question of prison reform seems to have cropped up again. Times, Sunday Times Prison reform has never been a vote winner, but the arguments for it are compelling even without the moral imperative. Times, Sunday Times He campaigns on social issues such as prison reform and universal education. Times, Sunday Times The prison system is behind the curve. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Once remanded he enters a dehumanising prison system which makes no separate provision for detainees whose guilt is unestablished. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He hates the prison system for its mollycoddling. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Yet British officials were being somewhat disingenuous in their criticism of the existing Egyptian prison system. THE GUARDSMEN (2004) The economists discovered that in the days after an unexpected defeat the length of the average prison term handed down was 7 per cent higher. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The first was just three weeks after he was granted parole from his first prison term. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In another case the judges increased a prison term from five to eight years. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He is expected to be given a lengthy prison term when he is sentenced today. Times, Sunday Times (2016) That combination of factors resulted in an unusually harsh prison term for a blind man accused of damaging government property and disturbing traffic. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He was not wearing a prison uniform, and nobody paid him the slightest notice until he reached home. Times, Sunday Times He claims he was forced to wait and change into prison uniform before leaving for hospital. The Sun He objected at being forced to wear the prison uniform. Times, Sunday Times Last year he tangled with the authorities who demanded the return of the prison uniform. Times, Sunday Times He was arrested, given a prison uniform and put in a cell. Times, Sunday Times The prison warden said that they were my weak point. Times, Sunday Times As a result of the video, the prison warden was arrested. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prison warden allowed this due to her celebrity status. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prison warden was in complete control of the prison, without outside interference. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She also states that prior to being a receptionist, she was a prison warden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our prisons are full to bursting point. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Prisons are full because criminals are not afraid of short sentences. The Sun (2007) Armed men guard the school, which has been transformed into a camp because the prisons are full . Times, Sunday Times (2011) He has not been downstairs for the eight years since his release from prison. Times, Sunday Times On his release from prison he had no probation officer. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, the threat can be extended to his area of residence on his release from prison. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps as many as 150 were never even considered for deportation before their release from prison. Times, Sunday Times Counselling began as an obligation if he was to have early release from prison on tag. Times,Sunday Times He has since been returned to a more secure prison. The Sun A jail spokesman said the lag involved was now at a more secure prison. The Sun He was jailed for sevenand-a-half years and sent to a secure prison. The Sun The reasoning behind the defendants decreased privileges was a result in the move of the defendant to a more secure prison facility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those who reoffend are moved to more secure prisons. The Sun She began to visit the prison almost daily, and what she found there horrified her. Christianity Today Everyone should visit a prison. Times, Sunday Times You visited a prison as part of your research for the role - did the experience shock you? The Sun Prototype also tried to obtain a nominal state of remand and pushed the city to establish a commission to visit the prison for will receive complaints from prisoners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The decisive moment came when three judges visited the prison toward the end of 1971. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 监狱 Japanese: 刑務所 |
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