(BrE alsogaol) ADJECTIVE | VERB + JAIL | JAIL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤city, county, local市監獄;縣監獄;地方監獄▸➤➤high-security, maximum-security, top-security (all especially BrE) 戒備森嚴的監獄;實行最高級別警戒措施的監獄▸➤private私設的監獄▸➤overcrowded過度擁擠的監獄VERB + JAIL➤go to入獄◇He's gone to jail for fraud.他已因詐騙罪入獄。➤put sb in, send sb to, throw sb into把某人關進/把某人送進/把某人投入監獄▸➤keep sb in把某人關在獄中➤keep sb out of避免讓某人入獄◇His lawyer worked hard to keep him out of jail.為了幫他免除牢獄之災,他的律師付出了很大努力。➤be freed from, be out of, be released from, get out of獲釋出獄;出獄◇She could be out of jail in two years.她可能在兩年後出獄。➤escape from越獄▸➤threaten sb with使某人面臨入獄的危險◇He was threatened with jail if evidence of a hoax was discovered.如果發現他欺詐的證據,他就會有入獄的危險。➤face面臨入獄▸➤avoid, escape避免入獄;逃脫牢獄之災◇She avoided jail by pleading insanity.她以有精神病為由而免於入獄。JAIL + NOUN➤sentence, term, time監禁判決;刑期➤cell牢房PREPOSITION➤at a/the jail在監獄◇riots at Strangeways jail發生在斯特蘭奇韋斯監獄的暴亂➤in (a/the) jail坐牢◇How long has she been in jail?她坐牢多久了?◇There was a fire in the jail last night.昨夜監獄裏發生了火災。