prison

prigione, carcere

Luogo dove le persone vengono rinchiuse, solitamente come punizione per un reato.

In inglese semplice: A place where people are kept locked up, usually as punishment for a crime.

• His brother is in prison.
• The guards searched every prison cell.
• She was released from prison last year.

Come si usa: in prison (He spent five years in prison.); send someone to prison (The judge sent him to prison.)

Sinonimi: jail

Espressioni comuni: in prison, prison cell, go to prison

detenzione, carcere

Condizione o periodo in cui si è rinchiusi come punizione.

In inglese semplice: The experience or period of being kept locked up as punishment.

• Prison changed his life.
• She faces prison for stealing the money.
• He hoped to avoid prison.

Sinonimi: imprisonment, incarceration

Contrari: freedom

Espressioni comuni: face prison, avoid prison, prison sentence

prigione

Luogo o situazione che fa sentire incapaci di fuggire o vivere liberamente.

In inglese semplice: A situation or place that makes you feel unable to escape or live freely.

• Fear had become her prison.
• He felt trapped in a prison of memories.
• Her loneliness was a prison without walls.

Come si usa: a prison of something (He lived in a prison of fear.)

Sinonimi: trap

Espressioni comuni: prison of fear, prison of loneliness, prison of something, feel like prison