prisoner
prisoner 英 [ˈprɪznə(r)] 美 [ˈprɪzənɚ, ˈprɪznɚ]
n. 囚犯,犯人;战浮
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- A prisoner is a person being held in prison as a punishment. During wartime a prisoner is someone held captive by the enemy. Alternately, if you’re so attractive you can’t leave the house, you’re a prisoner of your own good looks.
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- n. 囚犯,犯人;战浮
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1. all political prisoners.
所有的政治犯
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2. The number of prisoners
囚犯的数目
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3. He was taken prisoner by rebel soldiers.
他被叛军俘虏了。
- 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.
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