prison
单词辨析：
普通用词，指具体的某所监狱时，前面可用冠词，但通常情况下，该词前面不用冠词，侧重表示被监禁状态。
It is a maximum-security prison.
这是一所戒备森严的监狱。
They live opposite the prison.
他们住在监狱对面。
That thief received a two-year prison sentence.
那个小偷获刑2年。
He was sent to prison for embezzlement.
他因挪用公款而入狱。
指监狱或警察局里的单人牢房或小隔离室。
He couldn't remember why he was in the cell at the police station after he came to.
他苏醒过来之后不记得自己为什么会在警察局的隔离室里。
No pictures were allowed to be hung on the walls of the prison cell.
囚室的四壁不允许挂任何图片。
词义同 prison, 可换用。
an overcrowded jail/prison
过于拥挤的监狱
Some demonstrators were thrown in jail/prison for a few days.
一些示威者被送进监狱关了几天。
She has gotten out of jail/prison.
她已经出狱了。
相关例句：
The report on the riot exposed a prison system stretched to breaking point
关于这一暴动的报道暴露出监狱系统已经达到了承受极限。
I was court-martialled and sentenced to six months in a military prison.
我受到军法审判，被判处6个月的军事监禁。
The prison service is already under considerable strain
监狱系统已经承受了巨大的压力。
She had only a hazy idea of Britain's prison problems
她对英国的监狱问题只有些许模糊的认识。
She was released from prison in a cloak and dagger operation yesterday
在昨天的一次秘密行动中她从监狱获释。
Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy
英国最严重的监狱暴动会迫使政府对监狱政策进行彻底的重新评估。