imprisoned
past simple and past participle ofimprison
| 单词 | imprisoned |
| 释义 | imprisoned past simple and past participle ofimprison imprison verb[Tusually passive] uk/ɪmˈprɪz.ən/us/ɪmˈprɪz.ən/C1 to put someone inprison: He was imprisoned in 1965forattemptedmurder. figurativeUnable to go out because of thedeepsnow, shefeltimprisoned in her ownhouse. Synonym jail Putting people in prison
Examplesofimprisonedimprisoned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. If a ' doctor ' who is not currently registered holds himself out as being so registered, he is liable to be fined orimprisoned. From theCambridge English Corpus But whatever comforts animprisonedlibeller obtained for himself came at a high price, and impoverished vendors were routinely thrown in with common felons. From theCambridge English Corpus The government accused the opposition parties of causing these incidents themselves and their leaders wereimprisoned. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike the academic moralists, she is not "firmlyimprisonedin an ivory tower" (p. 8). From theCambridge English Corpus Of those 146 allegedlyimprisoned, 123 fatalities were thought to have occurred from suffocation in one night, with only 23 total survivors - including a woman. From theCambridge English Corpus Both infected patients were male drug addicts (44 and 29 years old) andimprisonedat the time of examination. From theCambridge English Corpus When all the players of one side areimprisoned, the game is won by the opposite party. From theCambridge English Corpus Only 19 percent of those who had beenimprisonedwere jailed for periods that did not exceed one month. From theCambridge English Corpus What would it be like to be an already aware individual with an ongoing historyimprisonedin a child's body? From theCambridge English Corpus They are aware of the police investigations, and the boy beingimprisoned, and its ending up as a criminal case. From theCambridge English Corpus He wasimprisonedin 1995 but has continued to write from his cell. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, all of the parties are now "imprisonedin violence" (p. 165). From theCambridge English Corpus Their leaders wereimprisonedand no petition was ever delivered. From theCambridge English Corpus Financial support for strikers and petitions to the santista authorities to releaseimprisonedworkers illustrates a high level of concern for other associations. From theCambridge English Corpus The judges had decided that theimprisonedgentlemen could not be released on bail - nothing more or less. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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