prisoner
英 ['pr?z(?)n?]
美['pr?zn?]
- n. 囚犯，犯人；俘虜；刑事被告
CET4TEM4考研CET6中高頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?prisoners;
英文詞源
- prisoner (n.)
- "person in prison, captive person," late 14c. (earlier "a jailer," mid-13c., but this did not survive Middle English), from Old French prisonier "captive, hostage" (12c., Modern French prisonnier), from prisoun (see prison (n.)). Captives taken in war have been called prisoners since mid-14c.; phrase prisoner of war dates from 1670s (see also POW). Prisoner's dilemma attested from 1957.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. His men made a sortie to Guazatan and took a prisoner.
- 他的士兵襲擊了瓜扎坦，擒獲了一名俘虜。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
- 他于1942年在北非被俘。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The prisoner started to wash down the walls of his cell.
- 囚犯開(kāi)始沖洗各自囚室的墻壁。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail.
- 一名犯人仍在監(jiān)獄的房頂上頑抗。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句