inmate和prisoner和有什么不一样?
母语人士的回答
Rebecca
这是个好问题!简而言之,没有区别,因为两个词都表示“犯人”。例子: He was a prisoner in San Quentin for 10 years. ( He was an inmate in San Quentin for 10 years. )示例: He was an inmate in San Quentin for 10 years.如您所见,这两个句子之间没有区别。但是, prisoner也意味着“ prisoner ”以及“囚犯”。示例: He was captured and kept as a prisoner of war. (他被俘虏为战俘。)例如: Her dad is very strict, she s basically a prisoner in her house. (她的父亲非常严格,所以她像囚犯一样生活在家里。)