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单词 imprisonment
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imprisonment
noun[CorU]
uk
/ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/us
/ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/
C2
theactof putting someone inprisonor theconditionof beingkeptinprison:
监禁，囚禁
She wassentencedto fiveyears' imprisonment.她被判入狱五年。
He couldwindamagesfor his father'swrongfulimprisonment.他有可能因父亲被错误监禁而获得赔偿。
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  • 15monthsof his imprisonment wasspentin the King Countyjail.
  • Some of theserefugeesfaceimprisonment,tortureandevenpossiblyexecutionif they have toreturnhome.
  • Imprisonment has always been avitalpartof thestrategyofcivildisobedience.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Putting people in prison
  • at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
  • bangsomeoneup
  • bar
  • behind barsidiom
  • bird
  • commit
  • immure
  • immured
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • incarceration
  • intern
  • pen
  • putsomethingaway
  • remand
  • restraint
  • rot
  • rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom
  • solitary
  • stretch
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(Definition ofimprisonmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimprisonment

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Enclosure and constraint, both broader and more general in meaning than simple physicalimprisonment, are therefore important themes.
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The majority of sentences were for perpetualimprisonment, but many of these were released a year or so later.
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Porters absconding after an advance of wages were liable to a fine of 60 rupees, along with six monthsimprisonmentand 25 lashes.
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To date, the effects of parentalimprisonmenton children have been almost entirely neglected in academic research, public policy, and media coverage.
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Posttraumatic stress disorder following politicalimprisonment: the role of mental defeat, alienation, and perceived permanent change.
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Fines andimprisonmentcould, and indeed did, follow for those found guilty of placing or accepting off-course cash bets.
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According to the selection perspective, parentalimprisonmentpredicts internalizing problems because prisoners' children are already disproportionally disadvantaged, not because parental imprisonment causes problems for children.
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A total of 1,490 sentences were handed down, including 504 forimprisonmentor detention in a reform school.
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His body reacts to theimprisonmentof his soul.
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Parentalimprisonmentmight also cause children's internalizing problems because of the stigma attached to it.
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For one thing, invalidation would seem to be cheaper in thatimprisonmentis avoided.
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The power of informal judicial pressure - together with the ominous threat ofimprisonment, suspension, and possible deprivation - should not be underestimated.
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Under the 1643 ordinance, sellers, guarantors and buyers in land transactions had all facedimprisonment, and the sellers had also faced subsequent exile.
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Offenders were given two months to comply or face excommunication,imprisonment, fines or exile.
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Figure 1 shows a conceptual model of these possible links between parentalimprisonmentand children's internalizing problems.
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