prisoner
noun [ C ] uk/ˈprɪz.ən.ər/ us/ˈprɪz.ən.ɚ/
B1 犯人，囚犯
a person who is kept in prison as a punishment
Prisoners climbed onto the prison roof to protest the conditions inside the prison. 犯人们爬上监狱屋顶对监狱里的条件表示抗议。
Synonyms: captive detaineeinmate
See also: political prisoner
hold/keep/take someone prisonerC2 监禁，拘押（某人）
to catch and guard someone so that they cannot escape
Of 10,000 troops, 7,000 were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. 1万人的军队中，有7000人阵亡、受伤或被俘。
The pilot and several passengers were held prisoner by the gunmen for 57 hours. 飞行员和几名乘客被持枪歹徒扣押了57个小时。
They took people prisoner without any sort of trial.
She was kept prisoner in a damp basement.
We tried to find a way of scaling the fence that kept us prisoner.
- More examples
- Early this morning, armed police surrounded a house which they thought contained an escaped prisoner.
- Cooped up in a small dark cell, the prisoner hadn't seen daylight for five years.
- Hundreds of prisoners began a fast in protest about prison conditions.
- Arrangements were made to move the prisoners to another jail.
- More than half of all prisoners discharged are reconvicted within two years.
Idiom
take no prisonersidiom （为达到目的）咄咄逼人，不择手段，不顾他人感受
to be very determined and not care about other people's feelings when trying to achieve something
When Eric's anger is aroused, he takes no prisoners. 当埃里克被激怒时，他就丝毫不会理会别人的感受。