jail
noun [ C or U ] (UK old-fashioned gaol) uk/dʒeɪl/ us/dʒeɪl/
B1 监狱;看守所
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
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. 那个金融家上周被释放了。
They spent ten years in jail for fraud. 他们因欺诈罪入狱10年。
They don't throw anyone in jail for parking illegally, but they will tow your car and charge you a fine. 他们不会因为违章停车而判人入狱，可是会拖走你的车还会罚款。
Synonym: clink
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- Arrangements were made to move the prisoners to another jail.
- He faces three years in jail for selling narcotics.
- He's stayed out of trouble since he was released from jail last year.
- There has been a mass breakout from one of Germany's top security jails.
- He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years.
jail
verb [ T often passive ] (UK old-fashioned gaol) uk/dʒeɪl/ us/dʒeɪl/
监禁
to put someone in a jail
He was jailed for three years. 他被监禁了3年。
Synonym: imprison
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- He was jailed for four months for drink-driving.
- Protestors were executed, jailed or otherwise persecuted.
- He was jailed for 15 years for stabbing his wife to death.
- California's "three strikes and you're out" bill means that from now on criminals found guilty of three crimes are jailed for life.
- He was jailed for revealing secrets to the Russians.