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hold/keep/take someone prisoner
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C2
to catch and guard someone so that they cannot escape: 监禁，拘押（某人）
Of 10,000 troops, 7,000 were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner.1万人的军队中，有7000人阵亡、受伤或被俘。
The pilot and several passengers were held prisoner by the gunmen for 57 hours.飞行员和几名乘客被持枪歹徒扣押了57个小时。
They took people prisoner without any sort of trial.
She was kept prisoner in a damp basement.
We tried to find a way of scaling the fence that kept us prisoner.
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