prisoner

n.囚犯；犯人；俘虏；刑事被告

noun

1. 囚犯；犯人；羁押候审者
   a person who is kept in prison as a punishment, or while they are waiting for trial
   1. The number of prisoners serving life sentences has fallen.
      被判无期徒刑的囚犯数目下降了。
   2. They are demanding the release of all political prisoners .
      他们正在要求释放所有的政治犯。
2. 被（敌人等）关起来的人；俘虏；战俘
   a person who has been captured, for example by an enemy, and is being kept somewhere
   1. He was taken prisoner by rebel soldiers.
      他被叛军俘虏了。
   2. They are holding her prisoner and demanding a large ransom.
      他们把她劫持了，并索要巨额赎金。
   3. She is afraid to go out and has become a virtual prisoner in her own home.
      她不敢出门，实际上已成了关在家中的囚犯。

名词复数形式:prisoners

1. 'We'll see what other prisoner officers think, all right?'
   “我们要了解一下其他监狱官的想法，好吗？”
2. A prisoner escaped one day after he was recaptured following a previous break-out
   一名囚犯在前次越狱被抓回一天后再次逃脱。
3. Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
   弗格森先生说犯人捏造了这件事儿以求轻判。
4. He knew that if he lived, he would be doomed to spend the war as a prisoner.
   他知道如果他活下来，他将注定以战俘的身份度过战争。
5. A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England
   一名囚犯从英格兰北部的一所监狱中越狱。
6. He fought in the war and was taken prisoner by the Americans
   他参了战，后被美国人俘虏。
7. One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail.
   一名犯人仍在监狱的房顶上顽抗。
8. The prisoner eyed him in hostile silence.
   犯人一言不发，用充满敌意的目光打量着他。
9. One prisoner set fire to rags and hurled them into the courtyard
   一名囚犯将破布点着，扔进院子。
10. A prisoner collapsed and died yesterday, apparently from natural causes.
    一名囚犯昨天突然倒下死了，看上去像是正常死亡。
11. Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose?
    如果不是出于某种恶毒的目的，为什么把整村人囚禁起来？
12. The escaped prisoner was nowhere in sight
    越狱的囚犯已经无影无踪了。
13. I don't have to stay in my room penned up like a prisoner.
    我不必像个囚犯一样被关在房间里。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
    他于1942年在北非被俘。
17. 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。
18. She was a prisoner of her own ego.
    她为自己的自尊心所困。
19. He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner.
    必须把他当成高级人质来对待，而不能像对待普通囚犯那样。
20. His men made a sortie to Guazatan and took a prisoner
    他的士兵袭击了瓜扎坦，擒获了一名俘虏。
21. One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten.
    一名犯人声称他曾被拖进一间牢房，全身被脱光并遭到毒打。
22. A woman kept prisoner in a basement was rescued after suspicious neighbours tipped off police.
    觉得情况可疑的邻居们报警后，被囚禁在地下室里的一名女子获了救。
23. They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence.
    他们再也没有当他的面严刑拷打过囚犯。
24. He claimed to be a virtual prisoner in his own home.
    他说自己在家里简直就像是个囚犯。
25. The prisoner started to wash down the walls of his cell.
    囚犯开始冲洗各自囚室的墙壁。
26. The prisoner confressel to stealing the jewels.
    犯人供认他偷了珠宝。
27. In the Middle Ages, a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.
    在中世纪，惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛。
28. The escaped prisoner was dragged out of his hiding-place.
    逃犯从他躲藏的地方给拉了出来。
29. The prisoner crawled through a hole and escaped.
    犯人从一个洞里爬出去逃跑了。