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

• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。
• 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。
• The prisoners attempted to escape but failed.
  囚犯们企图逃跑，但是失败了。
• The exchange of prisoners of war was one of the key elements of the UN's peace plan.
  交换战俘是联合国和平计划的一个重要部分。
• Three prisoners escaped from a jail.
  3名囚犯越狱了。
• The ceasefire resolution calls for the release of all prisoners of war.
  停火决议要求释放所有战俘。
• The report says there is widespread and routine torture of political prisoners in the country
  这份报告称该国一直普遍存在折磨政治犯的现象。
• He said there were cases where prisoners were tightly bound, often for several days.
  他说有时犯人会被紧紧地捆绑起来，往往一捆就是好几天。
• The number of prisoners increased as a corollary of the government's determination to combat violent crime.
  政府决心打击暴力犯罪，直接导致了囚犯数量的增多。
• Hundreds of political prisoners were pardoned and released.
  数百名政治犯被赦免释放。