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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He based his conclusions on the evidence given by the captured prisoners.
  他根据被俘囚犯提供的证据得出了这个结论。
• A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
  可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。
• 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。
• Three prisoners escaped from a jail.
  3名囚犯越狱了。