a person legally committed to prison as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial 囚犯;拘留犯,羁押犯 ■a person captured and kept confined by an enemy, opponent, or criminal 战俘,俘虏;遭非法囚禁者 she may have been held prisoner before being killed. 她被害之前可能还被囚禁过。 200 hunderd rebels were taken prisoner. 2万名反叛者被俘。 ■(figurative)a person who is or perceives themselves to be confined or trapped by a situation or set of circumstances (喻)失去自由的人;陷入困境之人 he's become a prisoner of the publicity he's generated. 他成了自己造就的赫赫声名的囚徒。
常用词组 take no prisoners
be ruthlessly aggressive or uncompromising in the pursuit of one's objectives (追求目标时)富于进取的,毫不妥协的
语源
late Middle English: from Old French prisonier, from prison (see prison)