The number of prisoners serving life sentences has fallen.
被判无期徒刑的囚犯数目下降了。
They are demanding the release of all political prisoners .
他们正在要求释放所有的政治犯。
He was taken prisoner by rebel soldiers.
他被叛军俘虏了。
They are holding her prisoner and demanding a large ransom.
他们把她劫持了，并索要巨额赎金。
She is afraid to go out and has become a virtual prisoner in her own home.
她不敢出门，实际上已成了关在家中的囚犯。
1.囚犯;刑事被告;拘留犯,羁押犯;俘虏
2.被夺去自由的人[动物]
1.someone who is in prison as punishment for a crime; someone who is being kept in a prison during a war, or for political reasons
2.someone who has no freedom because their life is controlled by something or someone
1.He said he had also been trying to fix a deal with Hamas over a prisoner exchange, including freedom for a kidnapped Israeli corporal.
他说他也在试图与哈马斯在交换囚犯上达成协议，其中包括帮助一名遭绑架的以色列下士获释。
2.After hunting for him for over a week, the police ran the escaped prisoner down in a public house.
在追捕了一个多星期后，警察终于在一家酒店里捉住了逃犯。
3.It is often elucidated that the prisoner died from cruel torture in prison. The traditional viewpoint isn't consistent with related records.
传统观点认为“考竟”是犯人受拷问死在狱中，与史籍中的有关记载不能吻合。
4.Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the Prisoner marched boldly up and down in front of the camp.
现在，穿戴在一件蓝色制服和与在他的肩膀的一杆步枪，囚犯在阵营前面上上下下大胆地前进了。
5.The prisoner was an author and he took dictation while Marco told all his stories to him.
那个囚徒是位作家，他鼓励马克把所有的事情都讲给他听，然后写作成书。
6.Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
习惯上，没有足够的助跑空间，根本不试图去飞，而会终生呆在一个没有顶的小监狱里。
7.The police would never have caught the jewel robbers if the prisoner had not grassed on them and told them where they were hiding.
如果那个囚犯没有告发珠宝窃贼的藏身处所，警察是绝对抓不到窃贼的。
8.After eluding the police for over a week, the escaped prisoner was finally run down in a public house.
那个越狱犯躲避警察追捕一个多星期之后，终于在一家小旅馆被抓获。
9.Today, he is a prisoner who has lost everything and did not break down in a tough Siberian prison camp.
而今，他不过是一个一无所有的阶下囚，只是在恶劣的西伯利亚监狱里还未崩溃罢了。
10.when it is absolutely necessary that someone should be silenced, we are occasionally able to smuggle a razor blade into a prisoner's cell.
至多，绝对需要灭口时，我们有时会把一片剃须刀片偷偷地送到牢房里去。