jails

英 [dʒeɪlz]

美 [dʒeɪlz]

n.  监狱
v.  监禁
jail的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用gaol


• N-VAR 监狱；看守所
  Ajailis a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept.
  1. Three prisoners escaped from a jail.
     3名囚犯越狱了。
• VERB 使入狱；监禁
  If someoneis jailed, they are put into jail.
  1. He was jailed for twenty years.
     他被判了20年监禁。

双语例句

• At one point, he likened our walled cities to "jails," while I insisted that the Eastern Suburbs were one of the many places in China that had no walls.
  有一次，他把我们的围墙城市“监狱，说：”虽然我坚持认为，东郊之一，在我国许多地方已经没有围墙。
• The city has turned prisons and jails into a catchment for mentally ill people who get into trouble.
  该市已经把监狱和拘留所变成了对遇到麻烦的精神病人的关押处。
• Palestinian women and children protest in Gaza City to demand the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
  在加沙城，巴勒斯坦妇女和儿童抗议，要求释放关押在以色列监狱的巴勒斯坦囚犯。
• Jails which punishment and the reformation the criminal, the author elaborates insure the safety of jails on foundation condition, key link, basic guarantee and important means.
  对于用来惩罚与改造罪犯的监狱，作者阐述了要确保监狱安全的基础条件，关键环节，根本保障及重要手段。
• Result: smuggling, sky-high black market prices and an increase in violence up 400 per cent in the jails of Maine, according to reports.
  结果就是：走私、极高的黑市价格和暴力增加根据报告显示，缅因州监狱的暴力事件增加了400%。
• On the Influence of Mass Culture on Prisoners in Jails& A Case Study of Petty Violence Crimes
  大众文化对监狱服刑人员的影响&暴力犯罪的个案研究
• The guerrillas demanded the release of 200 Palestinians held in Israeli jails and a safe passage out of Germany.
  游击队要求释放关在以色列监狱中的200名巴勒斯坦人，并安全离开德国。
• Some parts of California's criminal justice system ( county jails, for example) have already banned smoking.
  加州刑事司法系统的一些部门（例如县监狱）此前已实施了禁烟。
• The legal character of the jail determines that the administration of jails must insist the principle of legality.
  监狱的法律属性决定了监狱管理必须坚持法制原则。
• Check it out: People who have what you want are all over rehab clinics, divorce courts, and jails.
  想想吧：拥有你想要的一切的人们，也许正在康复中心、离婚法庭和监狱。