imprisonment
英 [?m'pr?z(?)nm(?)nt]
美 [?m'pr?znm?nt]
- n. 監(jiān)禁，關(guān)押；坐牢；下獄
英文詞源
- imprisonment (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French emprisonement, Old French emprisonement (13c.), from emprisoner (see imprison).
雙語例句
- 1. We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.
- 我們被禁止使用母語，違者將被關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.
- 她因投毒和謀殺未遂被判20年監(jiān)禁。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 1977年，他被判謀殺罪名成立，判處終身監(jiān)禁。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment.
- 他被判鞭笞和終身監(jiān)禁。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.
- 他因藐視法庭面臨監(jiān)禁。
來自柯林斯例句