| 词汇 | jail |
| 释义 | jailWord family nounjailerjailbaitjailbirdjailhousejail Jail & punishment jail1 (also gaol British English) /dʒeɪl/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countableC, uncountableU] PRISONa place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment, or where people who have been charged with a crime are kept before they are judged in a law court 监狱；看守所 SYN prison He’s been in jail for three months already. ► see thesaurus at prison 他已经入狱三个月。 COLLOCATIONS verbs go to jail 进监狱 They’re going to jail for a long time. 他们将长期坐牢。 send somebody to jail 把某人送进监狱 The judge sent Meyer to jail for six years. 法官判迈耶六年监禁。 put somebody in jail 把某人关进监狱 The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country. 如果他留在国内，政府就会把他关进监狱。 throw somebody in jail (=put someone in jail) 把某人投入监狱 nDrunks were thrown in jail for a few days. spend time/three months/six years etc in jail 坐牢/在监狱里被关三个月/六年等 nGriffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman. serve time/five years etc in jail (=spend time in jail) 服刑/坐牢五年等 nHe was finally released after serving 27 years in jail. get out of jail 出狱 nHe got out of jail after five years for armed robbery. release somebody from jail 将某人释放出狱 nMore than 30 of those arrested were released from jail for lack of evidence. escape from jail 越狱 ADJECTIVES/NOUN + jailnThe killer has escaped from jail. the local jail 当地监狱 The suspects were taken to the local jail. 嫌犯被送入当地监狱。 a town/city/county jail 镇/市/郡[县]监狱 nHe was held without bail for thirty days in the county jail. a high-/top-/maximum-security jail 高度戒备/最高戒备的监狱 jail + NOUNnSome inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned. a jail sentence 徒刑 He’s serving a 7-year jail sentence. 他在服七年的刑期。 a jail term (=period of time in jail) 刑期 nHe served only half of his three-month jail term. a jail cell 牢房，囚室 nThe suspect was found dead in his jail cell. Examples from the Corpus jail• It was a special open day for a jail which is now due to open in April.• Alfassi was taken to a cell in the Los Angeles County jail.• 58% of prisoners are in jail for non violent crimes.• If I stayed there, I would have been in jail.• The strikers were harassed, beaten and put in jail for trespassing.• Not because Sharpe already has spent time in jail.• The riots ended with long jail terms for 338 mobsters.• That act of citizen charity left Barry free to reclaim city hall once he got out of jail.• New doubt over twenty men in top security jail.• This old building is the jail that Butch Cassidy escaped from in 1887.• Grover got caught for not paying his taxes and went to jail. in jail• Konrad's been in jail for nine years. jail2 (also gaol British English) ●●○ verb [transitiveT] KEEP/STOREto put someone in jail 监禁；拘留 SYN imprison jail somebody for something Watson was jailed for tax evasion. 沃森因逃税入狱。 jail somebody for two months/six years/life etc They ought to jail her killer for life. 他们应判杀她的凶手终身监禁。 Examples from the Corpus jail• Many of the group's leaders have now been jailed.• Murderers spared by the family are normally jailed by the state for five years.• Gang leader Calton, 39, of no fixed address, was jailed for 25 years.• Marco was arrested and jailed for accepting bribes from drug dealers.• About 5000 people have been jailed for crimes of terrorism or treason since 1992.• Two brothers were jailed for robbery.• Like the men jailed for the murder of Carl Bridgewater in 1979.• If the killer is caught, prosecuted and jailed, it provides some resolution of the rage.• Krishna Sen, the first editor to be jailed, was released from prison three months ago after serving a two-year sentence. (1200-1300) Old French jaiole, from Latin caveola, from cavea “cage” |
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