imprisonment

英 [ɪmˈprɪznmənt]

美 [ɪmˈprɪznmənt]

n.  关押; 监禁; 坐牢

复数：imprisonments　

TOEFLTEM8法律

BNC.4411 / COCA.9862

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 关押;监禁;坐牢
  Imprisonmentis the state of being imprisoned.
  1. She was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
     她被判处 7 年监禁。
  2. ...the prospect of imprisonment.
     坐牢的可能性

英英释义

noun

• the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
  Synonym:internment
• putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
• the state of being imprisoned
  1. he was held in captivity until he died
  2. the imprisonment of captured soldiers
  3. his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
  4. he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
  Synonym:captivityincarcerationimmurement

双语例句

• He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.
  他因藐视法庭面临监禁。
• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment.
  法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• Through those long years of imprisonment and torture, he remained faithful and unyielding.
  在那些遭受囚禁和酷刑的漫长岁月里，他始终坚贞不屈。
• He was condemned to life imprisonment.
  他被判终身监禁。
• After a period of imprisonment she renounced terrorism
  在被囚禁一段时间之后，她宣布放弃恐怖主义。
• His punishment of death was commuted to life imprisonment.
  他被从死刑减为无期徒刑。
• In china, the principal penalties are public surveillance, detention, fixed-time imprisonment, life imprisonment and death.
  我国的主要刑罚是管制，拘役，有期徒刑，无期徒刑和死刑。
• The offence carries a maximum sentence of two year's imprisonment.
  该罪行可最多可判处两年监禁。
• Judge Hoffman sentenced all the defendants and their counsel to terms of imprisonment for contempt of court.
  法官霍夫曼以蔑视法庭罪判处所有被告和他们的辩护人有期徒刑。
• His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him
  他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。