a person legally committed to prison as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial
囚犯;拘留犯,羁押犯。
a person captured and kept confined by an enemy, opponent, or criminal
战俘,俘虏;遭非法囚禁者
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she may have been held prisoner before being killed 她被害之前可能还被囚禁过
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200 hundred rebels were taken prisoner .2万名反叛者被俘。
〈喻〉 失去自由的人;陷入困境之人
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he's become a prisoner of the publicity he's generated .他成了自己造就的赫赫声名的囚徒。
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take no prisoners be ruthlessly aggressive or uncompromising in the pursuit of one's objectives(追求目标时)富于进取的,毫不妥协的
"late Middle English: from Old French