prison
gb/pɹˈɪzən/ us/pɹˈɪzən/
A2
الإنجليزية
~ 1400
börtön, fogság
اسم
A2
1
börtön
B1
نمط الاستخدام:
[someone] is sent to prison
He was sent to prison for ten years.
Tíz év börtönre ítélték.
The prison is located outside the city.
A börtön a városon kívül található.
Many prisons have programs to help inmates learn new skills.
She visited her brother in prison last weekend.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
He is in prison for five years.
Öt évre börtönbe került.
The prison is big and old.
A börtön nagy és régi.
My uncle works in a prison.
She went to prison after the trial.
خطأ شائع:
Learners sometimes confuse 'prison' with 'police station' — a police station is where police work, not where criminals serve sentences.
المعنى
building for criminals
المتلازمات اللفظية
go to prison
|serve time in prison
|release from prison
|prison sentence
|escape from prison
المرادفات
jail (Often used interchangeably, but 'jail' can also refer to short-term detention before trial or sentencing.)
الأضداد
freedom (Represents the state of not being imprisoned or detained.)
الموضوعات
law
|crime
|justice
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
A building where people stay as punishment after breaking the law.
A secure facility where people are kept as punishment after being convicted of crimes.
اسم
B1
2
نمط الاستخدام:
feel like [someone] is in prison
She felt like her job was a prison.
Úgy érezte, mintha a munkája börtön lenne számára.
His illness became a prison that kept him at home.
A betegsége börtönné vált számára, és otthon tartotta.
The strict rules made the students feel they were in a prison.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
I feel like my home is a prison.
Úgy érzem, az otthonom olyan, mint egy börtön.
His injury is like a prison for him.
A sérülése olyan neki, mint egy börtön.
The rules are like a prison for us.
خطأ شائع:
Learners may overuse 'prison' literally and fail to recognize its common figurative use for restrictive situations.
المعنى
state of confinement
المتلازمات اللفظية
mental prison
|prison of fear
|prison of routine
المرادفات
captivity (Emphasizes being held against one's will, often used for animals or people.)
الأضداد
liberty (Represents the ability to act freely without restriction.)
الموضوعات
emotions
|restrictions
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
A situation where someone cannot leave or do what they want.
A condition in which someone is restricted or trapped and cannot move or act freely, often used metaphorically.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
prison
IPA
GB/pɹˈɪzən/
US/pɹˈɪzən/
المقاطع والنبر
pris - on (٢ مقاطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (pris)
تصريفات الكلمة
Noun
- Base: prison
- Plural: prison, prisons
عائلة الكلمة
Forms
prisons
noun
Related words
imprisonment
noun B2
التعبيرات
break out of prison
1/bɹˈeɪk ˈaʊt əv pɹˈɪzən/
fixed phrase
forcefully escape from prison
To get out of prison by force or secretly without permission.
أمثلة
- They broke out of prison through a tunnel.
- Several prisoners broke out of prison during the riot.
escape from prison
1/ɪskˈeɪp fɹˈʌm pɹˈɪzən/
fixed phrase
get out of prison illegally
To leave prison without permission, usually secretly or by force.
أمثلة
- Two inmates escaped from prison last night.
- He planned to escape from prison but was caught.
go to prison
1/ɡˈoʊ tə pɹˈɪzən/
fixed phrase
be sent to prison
To be taken by law to live in a prison as punishment.
أمثلة
- He went to prison for robbery.
- If you commit that crime, you could go to prison.
prison sentence
1/pɹˈɪzən sˈɛntəns/
fixed phrase
time ordered in prison
The length of time that someone must stay in prison, decided by a judge.
أمثلة
- He received a ten-year prison sentence.
- The judge handed down a long prison sentence.
serve time in prison
1/sˈɚv tˈaɪm ˈɪn pɹˈɪzən/
fixed phrase
spend time in prison
To stay in prison for a set amount of time as punishment.
أمثلة
- He served five years in prison before being released.
- She is currently serving time in prison for fraud.