今天我们要学的词是inmate。 Inmate, 指那些被强行关押的人。 "Nearly 600 inmates escaped from a Vietnamese drug rehab center," 越南一家戒毒所里的将近六百个瘾君子逃跑了。
统计数字显示, "29 percent of Virginia inmates commit another crime within three years of release," 维吉尼亚州29%的囚犯在获释三年内都会再次犯罪。美国很多地方的监狱都严重超员。比如说, "California houses about 150,000 inmates in a system designed for 80,000," 加州的监狱只能容纳八万人,可事实上里面却关押着十五万人。好的,今天我们学习的词是inmate...