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。
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。
In the interview he was asked, When Osho was in the jails of America, were you disturbed?
在采访中他被问到：当奥修被关在美国的监狱里时，你受到打搅了吗？
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。
Days later they were themselves murdered in murky circumstances in what purported to be one of the country's most secure jails.
然而数天之后，他们自己却在阴暗的环境、说是该国最安全的监牢之一被灭口。
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。
The state of the country's jails was a cause for concern.
过个国家监狱的状况令人担心。
Jails and prisons often find themselves unprepared to deal with the mentally ill.
拘留所和监狱常常感到他们自己还没有能力处理精神病犯人。
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。
I was not a stranger to visiting arrangements in jails.
我对监狱里的探监手续并不陌生。