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
这些动词都含“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。
After breaking out of jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.
他越狱后躲藏在一个无人居住的农舍里.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
After breaking out of the jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.
他越狱后, 暗藏在一个无人居住的农舍里.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
The police put the culprit in jail.
警方把罪犯投入监狱.
——《简明英汉词典》
A dozen inmates have absconded from Forest Jail in the past year.
去年共有12名犯人从福雷斯特监狱逃脱。
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Burns had escaped from jail time after time.
伯恩斯屡次越狱。
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One prison guard was killed when a riot broke out in the jail.
一位狱警在监狱骚乱中遇难。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.
结果他非但没有锒铛入狱或是穷困潦倒，反而功成名就。
——柯林斯例句
He was banged up in a Nepal jail for six months.
他在尼泊尔一座监狱里关押了六个月.
《简明英汉词典》
Mr Garcia said his conscience was clear over the jail incidents.
加西亚先生说他对监狱中发生的事件问心无愧。
——柯林斯例句
The criminal was committed to jail.
罪犯已押交监狱.
《简明英汉词典》
The colonel was able to orchestrate a rebellion from inside an army jail.
这位上校得以在军队监狱里策动了一场哗变。
——柯林斯例句
The prisoner was taken under escort to the jail.
罪犯被押送到监狱.
——《简明英汉词典》
Those two should have been thrown in jail.
那两个人早就应该抓去坐牢。
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If you don't learn how to keep your nose clean, you're going to end up in jail.
如果你不学会守法, 你会进监狱的.
——《简明英汉词典》
He was to remain in jail in the interim.
他在此期间将会继续被关押。
——柯林斯例句
You could face up to eight years in jail for spreading rumours considered prejudicial to security.
散布危害社会安全的谣言将被判入狱8年。
——柯林斯例句
Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
英国最严重的监狱暴动会迫使政府对监狱政策进行彻底的重新评估。
——柯林斯例句
He's probably going to finish up in jail for business fraud.
他最后很可能会因为商业诈骗而入狱。
——柯林斯例句
The man was put in jail for grand larceny.
那人因重大盗窃案而被监禁.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
After his experience in jail , he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.
经历了牢狱生活之后, 他对刑罚制度颇有成见.
《简明英汉词典》
Her lawyer said she understood the consequences of her actions and was prepared to go to jail.
她的律师说她明白自己行为的后果，已有了入狱的心理准备。
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Martinez was taken off to jail.
马丁内斯被抓进了大牢。
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He has been in jail several times, but recently he seems to have turned over a new leaf.
他坐过几次牢, 但近来似乎已改过自新.
《简明英汉词典》
The judge did not jail the young man, but put him on probation for a year.
法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱, 而且将他缓刑察看一年.
《简明英汉词典》
Kathryn knows to her cost the effect of having served a jail sentence.
凯瑟琳吃了苦头才知道服过刑会给一个人带来什么影响。
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The protesters were hauled off to jail.
抗议者被拉走投入监牢.
《简明英汉词典》
I hope you won't finish up in jail.
希望你不要以入狱告终.
《简明英汉词典》
He was in no sense a political prisoner, but a gangster and racketeer who rightly did six years in jail.
他绝不是一个政治犯, 而是一个歹徒和敲诈勒索犯,罪有应得地在监狱里蹲了6年.
《简明英汉词典》
Before sentence was passed, Mr Mills escaped from jail.
在宣判前，米尔斯先生越狱了。
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