prisoner

mahkûm, tutuklu

Yargılanmayı beklerken veya bir suçun cezası olarak cezaevinde tutulan kişi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A person kept in prison while waiting for trial or as punishment for a crime.

• The prisoner stayed in his cell.
• Several prisoners were released last week.
• Guards searched for an escaped prisoner near the town.

Eş anlamlılar: inmate

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: release a prisoner, escaped prisoner, prisoner in something

esir, tutsak

Bir yerde zorla tutulan ve ayrılmasına izin verilmeyen kişi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A person held somewhere and prevented from leaving against their wishes.

• They held her prisoner in a room.
• The army released its prisoners of war.
• He was taken prisoner while crossing the border.

Nasıl kullanılır: hold someone prisoner (The soldiers held him prisoner for three days.); take someone prisoner (The enemy took two officers prisoner.)

Eş anlamlılar: captive

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: take someone prisoner, hold someone prisoner, prisoner of war

esir, tutsak

Bir durumdan, duygudan veya yaşam biçiminden kurtulamadığını hisseden kişi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Someone who feels unable to escape a situation, feeling, or way of living.

• He felt like a prisoner of his past.
• Her illness made her a prisoner in her own home.
• They refused to remain prisoners of fear.

Nasıl kullanılır: prisoner of something (She felt like a prisoner of other people's expectations.)

Eş anlamlılar: captive

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prisoner of something, prisoner of fear, prisoner of circumstances