prisoner
单词辨析：
指已受到法律制裁而入狱的人或等待审讯的人，也指被敌人等关押起来的人。
The staff and the prisoners have a good relationship.
狱警和犯人友好相处。
The demonstrators are demanding the release of political prisoners.
示威者要求释放政治犯。
The enemy held him prisoner for two months.
敌人将他囚禁了两个月。
尤指战争中被关押的人。
The king and the queen were taken as captives by rebel soldiers.
国王和王后被叛军俘虏了。
The captives will be taken to the rear areas.
俘虏们将被押到后方。
指定罪后在狱中服刑的人。
The police were hunting the escaped convict.
警方在追捕越狱犯。
He would rather die than be a convict.
他宁愿死也不愿当囚犯。
相关例句：
A woman kept prisoner in a basement was rescued after suspicious neighbours tipped off police.
觉得情况可疑的邻居们报警后，被囚禁在地下室里的一名女子获了救。
Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose?
如果不是出于某种恶毒的目的，为什么把整村人囚禁起来？
In the Middle Ages, a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.
在中世纪，惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛。
He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
他于1942年在北非被俘。
The prisoner eyed him in hostile silence.
犯人一言不发，用充满敌意的目光打量着他。
One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten.
一名犯人声称他曾被拖进一间牢房，全身被脱光并遭到毒打。