prisoners

英 [ˈprɪznəz]

美 [ˈprɪzənərz]

n.  囚犯; 犯人; 羁押候审者; 被(敌人等)关起来的人; 俘虏; 战俘
prisoner的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 囚犯；犯人
  Aprisoneris a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed.
  1. The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells.
     这个委员会对牢房拥挤问题表示担忧。
• N-COUNT 俘虏；战俘
  Aprisoneris a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war.
  1. ...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners...
     战时的人质和集中营的战俘
  2. He was held prisoner in Vietnam from 1966 to 1973...
     他在1966年到1973年间被作为战俘关押在越南。
  3. He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
     他于1942年在北非被俘。
• N-COUNT 为…所困的人；陷于…不能摆脱的人
  If you say that you are aprisoner ofa situation, you mean that your are trapped by it.
  1. We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it...
     我们都无法忘记自己的童年时代，觉得仍然为它所缚。
  2. She was a prisoner of her own ego.
     她为自己的自尊心所困。

双语例句

• The prisoners attempted to escape but failed.
  囚犯们企图逃跑，但是失败了。
• Six prisoners are still at large along with four dangerous recidivists.
  4个危险的惯犯和其他6名犯人仍然在逃。
• One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set
  有个犯人刻了一副漂亮的木头象棋。
• Overcrowding is so bad that prisoners have to sleep in shifts, while others have to stand.
  过度拥挤的现象十分严重，囚犯们不得不轮流睡觉，其他人则只能站着。
• Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail
  监狱里可能有上千名囚犯跑出了牢房。
• This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells
  这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。
• It was untrue to say that all political prisoners have been released
  并不是所有政治犯都被释放了。
• The prisoners rioted against mistreatment by sadistic guards
  囚犯因不堪忍受狱警施虐而发动了暴乱。
• Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay.
  手持棒球棒的囚犯们挟持了人质，使警察无法靠近。
• Leeds Prison is reported to have almost double the number of prisoners it's designed to accommodate.
  据报道利兹监狱里犯人的数量几乎已达该监狱设计可容纳人数的两倍了。