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prisoner

noun
 
🔊/ˈprɪznə(r)/
🔊/ˈprɪznər/
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  1.  
     a person who is kept in prison as a punishment, or while they are waiting for trial囚犯；犯人；羁押候审者
    • The number of prisoners serving life sentences has fallen.被判无期徒刑的囚犯数目下降了。🔊🔊
    • They called for the prisoners to be released.他们呼吁释放囚犯。
    • They are demanding the release of all political prisoners.他们正在要求释放所有的政治犯。🔊🔊
    • international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners 国际囚犯待遇最低标准
    Extra Examples
    • Over 2 million prisoners are currently incarcerated in the US.目前，在美国有超过 200 万在押犯人。
    • They were allowed only limited contact with their fellow prisoners.他们只许与同监犯有限接触。
    Topics Crime and punishmentb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • virtual
    • political
    • life
    • …
    verb + prisoner
    • capture
    • take
    • detain
    • …
    phrases
    • hold somebody prisoner
    • keep somebody prisoner
    • a prisoner of conscience
    • …
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  2.  
     a person who has been captured, for example by an enemy, and is being kept somewhere被（敌人等）关起来的人；俘虏；战俘
    • He was taken prisoner by rebel soldiers.他被叛军俘虏了。🔊🔊
    • They are holding her prisoner and demanding a large ransom.他们把她劫持了，并索要巨额赎金。🔊🔊
    • For three days they kept him a prisoner.他们把他囚禁了三天。
    • (figurative) She is afraid to go out and has become a virtual prisoner in her own home.她不敢出门，实际上已成了关在家中的囚犯。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) He was a prisoner of his own ignorance.他是自己无知的囚徒。
    Extra Examples
    • They had captured over 100 prisoners.他们抓获了 100 多名俘虏。
    • They were kept prisoner for eight months in a tiny flat.他们在一间狭小的公寓里被关押了8 个月。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • virtual
    • political
    • life
    • …
    verb + prisoner
    • capture
    • take
    • detain
    • …
    phrases
    • hold somebody prisoner
    • keep somebody prisoner
    • a prisoner of conscience
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French prisonier, from prison, from Latin prensio(n-), variant of prehensio(n-) ‘laying hold of’, from the verb prehendere.