单词
imprisonment
英 [ɪm'prɪz(ə)nm(ə)nt] 美[ɪm'prɪznmənt]
基本信息
  • n. 监禁,关押;坐牢;下狱
TEM4中低频词TOEFL

英英释意

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