词汇精选：jail的用法和辨析大纲

一、详细释义：

n.

监狱；拘留所

例句：

I always said he would wind up in jail.

我常说他到头来非进监狱不可。

例句：

He was flung into jail.

他被关进监狱。

v.

监禁，拘留 [T]

例句：

Fred was finally found out and jailed.

弗莱德终于被捉到关入监狱。

例句：

Twelve defendants were jailed for life.

12名被告被处以终身监禁。

二、词义辨析：

jail,prison,cell

这些名词均有“牢房，监狱”之意。jail(英国英语拼写为gaol)指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。prison指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方，通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。cell指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。

三、词义辨析：

confine,imprison,jail

这些动词均含“监禁”之意。confine指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。imprison较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。jail(英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。

四、相关短语：

jail delivery

n. 劫狱, 强迫释放囚犯

一、参考例句：

He had an exemplary jail sentence.

他被惩戒性地判入狱。

Three prisoners escaped from a jail.

3名囚犯越狱了。

The police confined the criminal to a jail cell.

警察把罪犯监禁在监狱牢房里。

Those criminals deserve to be locked up in jail.

这些罪犯被关在监狱是罪有应得。

He was led away to jail in handcuffs.

他戴着手铐被送进监狱。

She worried he might end up in jail or worse.

她担心，他可能会落到坐牢或更糟的地步。

I always said he would wind up in jail.

我常说他到头来非进监狱不可.

He was to remain in jail in the interim.

他在此期间将会继续被关押。

His refusal to testify cost him a month in jail

他拒不作证因而被监禁一个月。

Even in jail, my fellow inmates treated me with kindness.

就算在监狱里，狱友们对我也很友善。