imprison

/ɪmˈprɪzn/ v.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

监禁；关押；束缚

释义与例句

v. 监禁；关押；束缚
to put someone in prison; to keep someone in a place they cannot escape from
  1. He was imprisoned for ten years for robbery.
    他因抢劫罪被监禁十年。
  2. The prisoners were imprisoned in a dark cell.
    囚犯们被关在一间黑暗的牢房里。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. She felt imprisoned by her strict parents.
    她感觉自己被严厉的父母束缚住了。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 imprison = im（使进入）+ prison（监狱），把人关进监狱。名词 imprisonment，be imprisoned for 表示‘因……被监禁’。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • imprisonment 监禁；关押
    名词，指服刑的状态或刑期。
  • prison 监狱
    名词，关押犯人的地方。
同义词
  • jail 监禁；入狱
    jail 作动词时与 imprison 近义，都指‘关押’。jail 更口语，imprison 更正式；搭配上 imprison sb for a crime（因某罪监禁某人），jail sb（把某人关进监狱），二者常可互换但语气略有差别。
    He was jailed for fraud last year. 他去年因诈骗入狱。
反义词
  • release 释放；放出
    release 表示‘释放出狱’，与 imprison（关入监狱）构成反义动作。
    The prisoner was released after serving his sentence. 这名囚犯服刑期满后被释放。
常见搭配
  • be imprisoned for 因……被监禁
    He was imprisoned for armed robbery. 他因持械抢劫被监禁。
  • imprison someone 监禁某人
    The court imprisoned him for life. 法庭判他终身监禁。
  • life imprisonment 终身监禁
    The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment. 凶手被判终身监禁。