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prison noun
⇨ prison (in prison) ⇨ send sb to prison ⇨ jail verb prison

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prison ♦︎ jail ♦︎ camp ♦︎ detention centre ♦︎ penitentiary ♦︎ jailhouse ♦︎ correctional facilityThese are all words for a building where people are kept and prevented from leaving. 這些詞均表示監獄、看守所。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in prison / jail◆in a prison / jail / camp / detention centre / penitentiary / jailhouse / correctional facility◆a local prison / jail / correctional facility◆a juvenile prison / jail / detention centre / correctional facility◆a women's prison / jail / correctional facility◆to go to / be sent to / be released from / get out of prison / jail◆a prison / jail sentence / term■ prison [countable, uncountable] a large building or group of buildings where people are kept and prevented from leaving, either as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while they are waiting for trial 監獄；牢獄；看守所◆He was sent to prison for five years.他被關押了五年。◆Since 1990, the US prison population (= the total number of prisoners in a country) has almost doubled.自1990年，美國在押人數幾乎翻了一番。◆ (especially BrE) Ten prison officers and three inmates needed hospital treatment following the riot.騷亂之後，十名獄警和三名囚犯須入院治療。◆ (NAmE) prison guards監獄看守  see also imprison , send sb to prison ⇨ jail verb ■ jail (BrE also gaol) dʒeɪl [uncountable, countable] a prison, especially a small or local prison （尤指小型或地方的）監獄◆He will be freed from jail automatically after serving half the term.他將於刑期服滿一半後自動獲釋。◆Woman faces jail for animal cruelty (= newspaper headline).一名女子因虐待動物或遭監禁。   see also jail ⇨ jail verb NOTE 辨析 Prison or jail?In British English there is very little difference between these words. Prison is also used to talk about the system of keeping people in prisons, as well as the building or institution itself. 在英式英語中，這兩個詞差别極小。prison除了表示監獄建築或機構，還表示監獄體系◆the prison service / system監獄部門／體系◆the jail service/system In the US a prison is usually a place where people are sent for a long time after they have been found guilty of a crime. A jail is usually a place where people are locked up for a short time, especially until it can be decided what should be done with them next. 在美國，prison通常指罪犯被定罪之後長期服刑的地方，jail通常指臨時性關押地，尤其是尚未決定接下來如何處置拘留者時◆He was held overnight at the county jail.他被羁押在縣看守所過夜。 Jails are usually smaller than prisons and are usually operated by the local county; prisons are larger and are operated by the state or the US government. However, the terms in prison and in jail are used in exactly the same way. * jail通常比prison規模小，且通常由縣級地方政府管理；prison較大，由州政府或美國政府管理。但是in prison和in jail用法完全相同。 ■ camp [countable] (used in compounds 用於複合詞) a place where people are kept in huts or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods （尤指政府用作長期安置的）營房，營帳◆Nearly a year after the disaster, many people are still living in refugee camps.災難過去近一年了，許多人仍然居住在難民營。◆He spent the rest of the war in a prison camp.他在戰俘營一直待到戰爭結束。◆Concentration camps were first used during the Boer War.集中營是在布爾戰爭期間首次出現的。■ deˈtention centre (BrE) (NAmE deˈtention center) [countable] a prison for young people 少年管教所◆The Juvenile Detention Center is where juveniles are held while awaiting their Juvenile Court hearing.少年管教所是等候少年法庭受理期間少年犯被關押的地方。■ penitentiary ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri [countable] (NAmE) a large prison in the US, especially one for people who have committed serious crimes （美國尤用於關押重犯的大型）監獄◆The execution was carried out at the state penitentiary in Fort Madison.是在麥迪遜堡的州監獄中執行的處決。■ jailhouse ˈdʒeɪlhaʊs [countable] (NAmE) a small local prison, especially in the past （尤指過去的）地方小型監獄◆The jailhouse housed the sheriff and his family as well as the prisoners.這間監獄住着縣治安官、他的家人以及囚犯。ⓘ Jailhouse is sometimes used as a less formal word for prison in compounds, and in journalism. * jailhouse有時可以代替prison構成複合詞，用於不太正式的場合和新聞報道◆He became something of a jailhouse lawyer (= a prisoner who knows a lot about the law).他差不多成了一名獄中律師。◆Two prisoners die in jailhouse fire (= newspaper headline).兩囚犯死於獄中大火。 ■ corˈrectional facility [countable] (especially NAmE, rather formal) a prison or other institution that is intended to improve people's behaviour, usually by punishing them 監獄；勞改所◆The court must decide whether the child should be placed in a correctional facility.法庭必須裁定是否應該把這個孩子關進勞改所。

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