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imprisonment

/im-priz-uhn-muhnt/US // ɪmˈprɪz ən mənt //

监禁,监狱,囚禁,牢狱之灾

Related Words

isolation隔离,孤立,孤立性,孤立的confinement囚禁,拘禁,监禁,拘束captivity囚禁,束缚,圈养,监禁incarceration监禁,囚禁,入狱,监狱custody监护权,保管,监护,监管jailing监禁,入狱,囚禁,关押thralldom王权主义,宝座,王位主义,王权bondage捆绑,束缚,绑缚,捆缚restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性quarantine隔离检疫,隔离,检疫,隔离区duress胁迫,逼迫,胁迫性,胁迫症remand还押,还押犯,发回重审,收押thraldom锁国,王道,王权主义,王道主义durance寿命,寿命延长,寿命长,寿命长短immuration不变性,净化,不变,监禁confining拘束的,拘束,拘束性的,拘拘束束capturing捕获,捕捉,俘虏,俘获detaining拘留,拘押,羁押,拘留的imprisoning监禁,囚禁,监禁的,禁锢incarcerating监禁,囚禁,监禁的,囚禁的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of confining in or as if in a prison; the state of being so confined:Identity theft and computer fraud are criminal offenses punishable by imprisonment.Winter up there means cumbersome living and imprisonment in an icy hell.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounforcible detention
Synonyms
captivity囚禁,束缚,圈养,监禁confinement囚禁,拘禁,监禁,拘束custody监护权,保管,监护,监管incarceration监禁,囚禁,入狱,监狱isolation隔离,孤立,孤立性,孤立的bondage捆绑,束缚,绑缚,捆缚durance寿命,寿命延长,寿命长,寿命长短duress胁迫,逼迫,胁迫性,胁迫症quarantine隔离检疫,隔离,检疫,隔离区remand还押,还押犯,发回重审,收押restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性thraldom锁国,王道,王权主义,王道主义thralldom王权主义,宝座,王位主义,王权immuration不变性,净化,不变,监禁
nounplacing in forcible detention
Synonyms
capturing捕获,捕捉,俘虏,俘获confining拘束的,拘束,拘束性的,拘拘束束detaining拘留,拘押,羁押,拘留的imprisoning监禁,囚禁,监禁的,禁锢locking up锁住了,锁定,锁上了,锁住

Examples

  • As Reuters broke the news about Kushner's nomination, the news organization was elsewhere reporting on a coup in Myanmar, during which the country's elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was imprisoned by the military.

  • Likewise, I would argue that we are imprisoned within our own cosmos of meaning.

  • If found guilty, he could be imprisoned for up to ten years.

  • Impact of “fake news” anti-press rhetoricIn 2020, Egypt led countries in imprisoning journalists on false news charges in 2020.

  • They were permitted to marry while imprisoned, the only time they glimpsed each other.

  • It is literally illegal to be gay, and so to self-identify is to risk imprisonment.

  • She has been threatened with disbarment, imprisonment, and worse.

  • Firing one will earn you a minimum of three years in jail and possible life imprisonment.

  • Liu, a Chinese democracy activist, was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment in 2009.

  • Local officials are already calling for Pennsylvania to examine its laws, which allow imprisonment for nonpayment of fines.

  • About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.

  • He was well set in the form of a man now, the months since his imprisonment having brought him much to fasten upon and hold.

  • Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord Bacon in the house of peers for bribery.

  • He almost felt the old sense of imprisonment, of aching nostalgia, of having lost his liberty.

  • Form of imprisonment varies, but the ‘rescue’ is most generally found in company with the tournament.

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