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 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。
• The government is devising a plan to liberate prisoners held in detention camps.
  政府计划释放关押在拘留营内的囚犯。
• Rampaging prisoners ran riot through Strangeways jail.
  斯特兰韦斯监狱里那些狂暴的囚犯们全都失去了控制。
• 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。
• The prisoners overpowered their guards and locked them in a cell.
  囚犯们制服了监狱看守，并将他们锁进了牢房。
• The prisoners used the tunnel to escape from jail.
  囚犯们利用这条地道越狱逃跑了。
• They massacred all the prisoners.
  他们残杀了所有的俘虏。
• 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。
• Last night some of the prisoners appeared on the roof.
  昨晚，其中几个犯人出现在房顶上。