inmate

英 ['ɪnmeɪt] 美 ['ɪnmeɪt]

• n. 同住者；犯人；居民

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]囚犯

   person in jail;a prisoner

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. <古>同住（一屋）者
2. 同狱犯人，同坐牢的人
3. 同病房者，同住院者
4. 同住孤儿院者
5. 住在同一救济院、收容所的人

adj. 形容词

1. 同住者的

英英释义

Noun:

1. one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)

2. a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

3. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I am an inmate of that hospital.
   我住在那家医院。
2. The inmate had put in six years at hard labor.
   犯人已经做了六年苦工。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The report said that inmates were forced to live in dirty and unhealthy conditions.
   报告说囚犯被迫在肮脏、不卫生的条件下生活。
2. This is a novel depicting the bitter sufferings of the inmates in a Nazi concentration camp.
   这是一本描写关押在纳粹集中营的人受苦受难的小说。

经典引文

• We have never had a lodger or any kind of inmate.

  出自： H. James

近反义词

【近义词】

• prisoner 囚犯
• occupant 占有者
• tenant 房客
• inhabitant 居民
• resident 居民
• convict 宣判 ... 有罪...
• internee (战争期间)被拘禁者...
• jailbird 囚犯
• patient 有耐心的
• yardbird 新兵
• con 骗局
• inpatient 住院病人