prison和jail的区别
jail一般指的是用来关押等待判决的嫌犯、服刑期在一年以下的犯人以及未能保释的犯人,译为看守所、拘留所更合适。
prison则指关押长期罪犯的监狱。关押的都是刑罚很重的犯人,因此关押时间一般都是以年计算甚至无期徒刑。
She spent a year in jail.
她坐了一年牢。
New evidence has cast doubt on the guilt of the man jailed for the crime.
新的证据使人们对这个犯罪入狱的男子是否有罪产生了怀疑。
Ten years of prison had turned him into an old man.
十年大狱使他变成了一个老头。
He was sent to prison for five years.
他被关押了五年。