| 单词 | jail |
| 释义 | jailjailsjailjail1 (also gaolgaolsgaol British English) /dʒeɪl/ noun [uncountable and countable] a place where criminals are kept as a punishment SYN prisonin jailHe was sentenced to six years in jail.besentenceyear他被判监禁六年。COLLOCATIONS: jailverbsto go to jailHe went to jail for eight years.goyearto send somebody to jailIf they catch him, they’ll send him to jail.to put somebody in jailPeople have been put in jail for political protests.beprotestto throw somebody in jailPeople think she should be thrown in jail.shallthrowto spend three months/six years etc in jailGriffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.spenddaypushto get out of jail (=to be allowed to leave a jail)He got out of jail after five years for armed robbery.getyeararmto release somebody from jailAfter fifteen years he was finally released from jail.yearbereleaseto escape from jailThe killer has escaped from jail.haveescapejail + nouna jail sentence/term (=period of time in jail)He’s serving a seven-year jail sentence.serveHe served only half of his three-month jail term.serveWord Choice: jail or prison?Jail and prison both mean a place where prisoners are kept as a punishment. Jail sounds a little more informal than prison. In the US, a jail is used especially about a place where people are kept for a short time before the police or the court decide what should happen to them.Prison is often in noun phrases such asthe prison system监狱系统a prison guard 监狱看守﹐狱警prison reform.监狱改革。 You do not use jail in these phrases. |
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