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vt.监禁,关押 v.监禁

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名词:imprisonment 动词过去式:imprisoned 过去分词:imprisoned 现在分词:imprisoning 第三人称单数:imprisons 形容词:imprisonable

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pris,prehend=to seize(捉;握取)

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confine  jail  lock-up  free  liberate    

imprison


/ɪm'prɪzn; ɪm`prɪzn/
v [esp passive 尤用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (in sth) put or keep sb in or as if in prison 监禁某人; 似监禁般束缚某人
*Several of the rioters were imprisoned for causing a disturbance. 有几个暴乱者因制造动乱被关押在狱.
* conditions in which young mothers feel virtually imprisoned in their own homes 年轻的母亲感到的居家如坐牢一般的处境.

imprison


v [T]
to put someone in prison or to keep them somewhere and prevent them from leaving
 The government imprisoned all opposition leaders.
 She was imprisoned within his strong arms.
if a situation or feeling imprisons people, it restricts what they can do
 Many elderly people feel imprisoned in their own homes.