n.名词
下面两句中定冠词的有无使句子的意思不同:He worked in the jail. 他在监狱工作。
The police worked in jail. 警方把他收监。
confine，imprison，jail这些动词均含“监禁”之意。
confine指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。
imprison较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。
jail英国用gaol多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。
jail，prison，cell这些名词均有“牢房、监狱”之意。
jail英国英语拼写为gaol指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。
prison指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方，通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。
cell指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。
13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的jaole，意为笼子，监牢。
用作名词 n.
动词+～break〔escape〕 from jail越狱go into jail进监狱介词+～serve time in jail在狱中服刑
近义词 prison
用作名词n.The castle was used as a jail.这城堡曾用作监狱。
The police put the escaped criminals back in jail.警方把越狱的罪犯押回监狱。
动词59%,名词41%
It's just hearsay but apparently John has been put in jail.我也是听说的啦，听说约翰好像被关进拘留所了。
On the other hand, at least he didn't leave his dinner on the floor of the county jail.可是，从另一方面来说，他至少没有吐在拘留所的地板上。用作及物动词He was put in jail for grand larceny.他因重大盗窃案而被监禁。
He can be punished by long jail sentences.他可能受到长期监禁的处罚。 Find out the main pollutant of water body in section of Nanchong, analyze the reason formed, supply scientific basis of offering, for jailing river of Nanchong sections of water resources protection.
找出了对南充河段有影响的水体主要污染物，分析形成的原因，为嘉陵江南充段水资源保护、管理提供了科学依据。 chemyq
Lu offended the island's authoritarian rulers by giving a20- minute speech at a human rights rally that turned into a riot, leading to the jailing of most democracy movement leaders.
吕秀莲发表了一场长达二十分钟的维护人权的讲演，这冒犯了台湾当时的独裁统治者，导致大多数民主运动领导人入狱。 taihainet
Jailing Mr Budanov was a way to show Chechens that they could seek justice peacefully rather than turning to separatists for revenge. His release argued the opposite.
将布达诺夫收监一事是要向车臣人民证明，他们本可以用和平的手段争取正义，而不必为了复仇而投靠分裂势力，而释放此人则传达出了相反的意思。 ecocn