jail
/dʒeɪl/ (bre, ipa) · /dʒeɪl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈjāl/ (ame, mw)
jail — 名詞
- jailsingular
- jailsplural
1. a building where people are locked up by the government as a punishment for a cr
監獄
關押犯人或嫌犯的場所
a building where people are locked up by the government as a punishment for a crime or while they wait for a court to decide on their case
A man who stole a car was sent to jail for two years.
一名偷車的男子被判入獄兩年。
sent to jail + for [duration]
The woman waited in jail for a week before her court date.
那名女子在監獄裡等了一週才等到開庭日。
in jail + time reference
Building a new jail costs a lot of money, so some towns share one.
蓋一座新監獄要花很多錢，所以有些城鎮共用同一座。
After the fight outside the club, the police took the men to jail.
俱樂部外發生鬥毆後，警察把那些男子帶進了監獄。
Is there a jail in this town, or do they send people somewhere else?
這個鎮上有監獄嗎，還是他們把犯人送到別的地方？
- prison
the most common synonym; 'prison' often implies longer sentences and larger facilities, while 'jail' can be smaller and more local
- lockup
informal term for a small local jail, often a temporary holding space at a police station
- penitentiary
formal term for a large prison for long-term inmates, more common in American English
- freedom
the state of not being confined in a jail
文法句型
in jail
sent to jail
out of jail
jail sentence
用法筆記
In phrases like 'in jail' or 'sent to jail', the article 'the' is usually dropped. This zero-article pattern signals the abstract concept of incarceration rather than a specific building.
常見錯誤
jail — 動詞
- jailpresent simple I / you / we / they
- jails3rd person singular
- jailing-ing form
- jailedpast simple
1. to put someone into a prison as a legal penalty for a crime they have committed
關押
把某人送進監獄
to put someone into a prison as a legal penalty for a crime they have committed or while they await a court hearing on their case
The judge jailed the man for stealing money from the shop.
法官因那名男子從商店偷錢而將他關押入獄。
jailed + for [crime]
In some countries, people are jailed for saying things against the government.
有些國家的人因為說了反對政府的話而被關進監獄。
passive: are jailed for [activity]
Her father was jailed for five years after the trial.
她的父親在審判後被關押了五年。
A person can be jailed for one day or many years, based on the crime.
一個人可能依犯罪情節被關押一天或很多年。
Should young people be jailed for small crimes, or given a different punishment?
年輕人犯了小罪應該被關進監獄，還是給予不同的處罰？
文法句型
jail + person + for + noun/gerund
be jailed for [crime/duration]
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive voice ('was jailed', 'are jailed') because the focus is usually on the person being imprisoned rather than the authority doing the jailing. The active subject is typically a judge or a court.