prisoner of conscience

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ˌprisoner of ˈconscience noun [countable] SCJsomeone who is put in prison because of their political ideas 政治犯

Examples from the Corpus

prisoner of conscience• Congress, have portrayed her as a prisoner of conscience persecuted for her leftist views.• Recently he was adopted by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.• Amnesty International considers Moncef Triki to be a prisoner of conscience.• Tom Martell sits in the federal penitentiary at Las Vegas, a prisoner of conscience.• In Czechoslovakia former prisoner of conscience Vaclav Havel became President of his country.• He chose to do nothing, and for a time remained in a distant castle as a virtual prisoner of conscience.

ˌprisoner of ˈconscience nounChineseSyllable

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prisoner of conscience
ˌprisoner of ˈconscience

noun [countable]
someone who is put in prison because of their political ideas

prisoner of conscience

BrE

/ˌprɪznər əv ˈkɒnʃəns/

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NAmE

/ˌprɪznər əv ˈkɑːnʃəns/

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noun

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a person who is kept in prison because of his or her political or religious beliefs （因政治或宗教信仰）被关押的人；政治犯；宗教犯