英语词汇“prisoner”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	prisoner
例句	prisonerprisoner /ˈprɪzənɚ/ noun ► prisoner someone who must stay in a prison as a punishment for a crime: The prisoner will not be released until she has served her sentence. There are two prisoners in each cell. ➔ You can also use prisoner to talk about a person who is being kept in a place when he or she does not want to be there: The wicked witch kept the princess as her prisoner for 20 years. ► convict someone who has been proven to be guilty of a crime and sent to prison: State police are still looking for a convict who escaped from prison last night. ► inmate someone who is kept in a prison or mental hospital: Many of the inmates work in the prison kitchen or laundry room. ► captive (formal) someone who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war: The captives spent the rest of the war in a prison camp. ► hostage someone who is kept as a prisoner by a person or group, until they get the things they want: The group took four hostages and demanded that one of their members be released from prison by the government. ► prisoner of war also POW a member of the military who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept as a prisoner: Senator John McCain was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. ➔ see criminal
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