jail
(UK old-fashioned gaol) [dʒeɪl] noun countable or uncountable
ESSENTIAL
■a place where criminals are kept to punish them for their crimes, or where people accused of crimes are kept while waiting for their trials 监狱；看守所•the country's overcrowded jails该国过于拥挤的监狱 •a 13-year jail sentence/term被判13年监禁 •The financier was released from jail last week.那个金融家上周获释了。 •They spent ten years in jail for fraud.他们因欺诈罪入狱十年。
(UK old-fashioned gaol) [dʒeɪl] verb transitive often passive
IMPROVER
■to put someone in a jail 监禁•He was jailed for three years.他被监禁了三年。 |