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inmate

/in-meyt/US // ˈɪnˌmeɪt //UK // (ˈɪnˌmeɪt) //

囚犯,犯人,囚徒,狱友

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
    • : Archaic. a person who dwells with others in the same house.

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Examples

  • Washington, Oregon, and California also rely on inmates to bolster their firefighting efforts.

  • As of Thursday, there were 129 active coronavirus cases among inmates and 140 people had recovered.

  • A Bureau of Prisons spokesman told VOSD that the downtown prison has been performing targeted coronavirus testing and has tried to limit inmate moves between facilities.

  • Werner told Morris she believed the Sheriff’s Department wasn’t doing enough to protect staff and inmates from the coronavirus.

  • During previous wildfires, California has used state prison inmates who volunteer for reduced sentences and a small amounts of money.

  • In none of the weddings Joplin has performed did the inmate have more than five years to serve.

  • I spent four years in a prison where each handicapped convict was issued an underpaid inmate assistant.

  • The woman had accompanied a friend who was visiting her boyfriend when she met the inmate she would marry.

  • The last federal position he held was Inmate--he served more than eight years for his inventive approach to acquiring money.

  • However, if an inmate cannot find a job, he should expect to sleep outside with other homeless inmates.

  • I grieve that one of the most promising of them is now an inmate in my cabin, in a very delicate state of health.

  • He could not bear the thought of her unhappiness, and yet, at any sacrifice, Tatsu must be kept an inmate of their home.

  • The officers make the alternative quickly apparent to the new inmate: to protest against injustice is unavailing and dangerous.

  • These last gave the name and country of many an unhappy inmate, with the date of the fatal day of their captivity.

  • In no case can any inmate claim it as a right, and it is not to be given merely on account of household work.