imprisonment

英[ɪm'prɪznmənt] 美[ɪm'prɪznmənt]

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Noun:

putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
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"
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

1. We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.: 我们被禁止使用母语，违者将被关进监狱。

2. She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.: 她因投毒和谋杀未遂被判20年监禁。

3. In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.: 1977年，他被判谋杀罪名成立，判处终身监禁。

用作名词 (n.)

For an offence of this gravity, imprisonment is the usual punishment.
对这种重大罪行通常处以监禁。
Serious crime must be punished by longer terms of imprisonment.
重罪须处以长期监禁。
He got two years' imprisonment for assaulting a police officer.
他因袭击警察而遭两年监禁。
Recent events lean me more towards favoring longer years of imprisonment.
最近发生的事件更使我倾向于延长罪犯关押年限的意见。
Her blooming full-pulsed youth stood there in a moral imprisonment.
她那充满活力，跃跃欲试的青春，遭到了精神上的禁锢。
Sometimes it is to seduce another into a long-term imprisonment known as marriage.
有时候，是去引诱别人进入婚姻的长期禁锢。

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