imprisonment

/im'priznmәnt/

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托福

中文翻译

n. 监禁, 下狱, 坐牢

[法] 监禁, 徒刑, 拘禁

英文解释

n. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

n. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

词态变化

复数形式:imprisonments

常见例句

n the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes n an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) v dance the bebop v hit hard

a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal n

the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole n

French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)

imprisonment (especially for a long time)