詞彙精選：prison的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
監獄，看守所；牢籠
例句：
He was regarded as a determined prison breaker.
他是個本性難移的越獄犯。
例句：
She wants to be a prison governor.
她想當獄長。
監禁；入獄；服刑，坐牢
例句：
His refusal to pay his debts landed him in prison.
他因拒絕還債而入獄。
例句：
He is sentenced to life in prison.
他被判處終身監禁。
v.
監禁，關押 [T]
二、詞義辨析：
jail,prison,cell
這些名詞均有“牢房，監獄”之意。jail(英國英語拼寫爲gaol)指收犯輕罪的人或未經判決的人的處所。prison指觸犯刑律的人被關押的地方，通常指判決後的罪犯居留地。cell指單人牢房或幾個人合住的小牢房。
三、相關短語：
prison camp
n. 戰俘集中營
prison house
n. 牢房
prison cell
【法】 監房, 囚室
prison guard
【法】 監獄看守, 獄卒
state prison
【法】 州監獄
四、參考例句：
Previously on Prison Break.
《越獄》上集提要。
The prison gates clanged shut.
監獄的大門哐噹一聲關上了。
He was put into prison.
他入獄了。
Are there alternatives to prison?
除了監禁還有其他辦法嗎？
Does prison help rehabilitate criminals?
監獄能幫助改造罪犯嗎？
His confinement in prison will expire soon.
他的監禁即將期滿。
She was sent to prison for blackmail.
因犯敲詐勒索罪她被送進監牢。
The searchlights glared, illuminating the prison yard.
探照燈發出強光，照亮監獄場地。
Security in the prison is very tight.
這座監獄的防衛措施很嚴密。
Three men broke out of prison yesterday.
昨天三名囚犯越獄逃走了。
