imprison

英 [ɪm'prɪz(ə)n] 美[ɪm'prɪzn]
  • vt. 监禁;关押;使…下狱

CET4TEM4IELTSCET6中低频词常用词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: imprisons;过去式: imprisoned;过去分词: imprisoned;现在分词: imprisoning;名词: imprisonment;

中文词源


imprison 关押

im-,进入,使,prison,监狱。

英英释意


1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
2. confine as if in a prison;
"His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

英文词源


imprison (v.)
c. 1300, from Old French emprisoner (12c.), from em- "in" (see in- (2)) + prison (see prison). Related: Imprisoned; imprisoning.

同义词辨析


confine, imprison, jail

这些动词均含"监禁"之意。

confine: 指监禁或幽禁;也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。

imprison: 较正式用词,多指较长时间的监禁。

jail: (英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。

考试真题


The humiliations of his father’s imprisonment and his labor in the blacking factory formed Dicken’s greatest wound and became his deepest secret.

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His father was then imprisoned for debt.

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实用场景例句


[不可数名词]to be sentenced to life imprisonment for murder
因犯谋杀罪被判终身监禁

牛津词典

(figurative)Some young mothers feel imprisoned in their own homes.
有些年轻的母亲感到待在家里如同坐牢。

牛津词典

They were imprisoned for possession of drugs.
他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

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Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement.
荷兰殖民当局因他参加独立运动而把他关押了起来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The local priest was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation...
当地牧师由于受到煽动反对政府的指控而被监禁 18 个月。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You can lock up a person physically, but you cannot imprison his heart.
人的身体可以被囚禁, 人的心却不可以.

汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)

Imprison your mash in a dark vat, so it can become wine.
将你的乱七八糟的东西关进一个黑暗的大缸里, 所以它能够变成酒.

期刊摘选

Yet Herod chose this time to arrest Peter, to put him imprison, in bondage.
但是,希律王却选择在这个时候逮捕彼得, 把他关进了监狱,使他成为阶下囚.

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Like the group that came to imprison Jesus.
像那群来捉拿耶稣的人.

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Kidnapping crime includes two concrete composing items : racketeered offense and illegal imprison offense.
绑架罪包含了两个具体构成要件,即敲诈勒索罪和非法拘禁罪.

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A policy of trying to imprison the Palestinians has left their jailer strangely besieged.
设法关押巴勒斯坦人的政策使得狱卒们烦恼万分,令人不可思议.

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Imprison oneself in a person's world.
把自己关在一个人的世界里.

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Tort of keeping someone imprison wrongfully.
错误扣押某人的侵权行为.

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For example Imprison, Banish and Assassinate.
例如监禁, 驱逐和暗杀.

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Attempting to imprison, exile or execute an important character runs the risk of a civil war.
企图监禁, 流放或处死一个重要地人物会导致内战地风险.

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Promote the freedom imprison them however. Make animal deteriorated, not well should nature development.
提倡自由却把它们囚禁起来. 使动物退化, 不适应自然发展.

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To imprison his princes at will, That he might teach his elders wisdom.
诗105:22使他随意捆绑他的臣宰 、 将智慧教导他的长老.

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There are thunderous explosions, fierce solar winds, and forces so strong that they imprison even light.
有雷鸣般的爆炸和猛烈的太阳风, 威力之大,甚至能阻碍光的传播.

辞典例句

She will only be able to imprison one player at a time.
她一次只能禁锢一名玩家.

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They won't imprison him for a first offence.
因为他是初犯,他们不会因此而监禁他.

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In order to arrest and temporarily imprison criminal suspects, the police have taken effective measures.
为了方便抓捕和寄押犯罪嫌疑人, 警方采取了有效的措施.

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Dear, I thought of: Love is not a person for his own account, imprison him!
亲爱的, 我是这么想的: 爱一个人不是把他占为己有 、 禁锢他!

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We have intercede with the authorities on behalf of people unfair imprison there.
我们代表含冤系狱的人向当局求情.

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You may imprison my body, actually could not fetter my mind.
你可以禁锢我的身体, 却束缚不了我的心灵.

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