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单词 incarcerate
释义
incarcerate
verb[T]
uk
/ɪnˈkɑː.sər.eɪt/us
/ɪnˈkɑːr.sə.reɪt/
formal
to put orkeepsomeone inprisonor in aplaceused as aprison:
监禁；禁闭
Thousands ofdissidentshave beeninterrogatedor incarcerated.成千上万持不同政见者被审问或关押。
tokeepsomeone in aclosedplaceandpreventthem fromleavingit:
困住
We were incarceratedinthatbrokenelevatorfor fourhours.我们被困在出故障的电梯中达4小时之久。
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
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • intern
  • pen
  • putsomethingaway
  • remand
  • restraint
  • rot
  • rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom
  • solitary
  • stretch
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incarceration
(Definition ofincarceratefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

incarcerate| American Dictionary

incarcerate
verb[T]
us
/ɪnˈkɑr·səˌreɪt/
to put orkeepsomeone inprison:
Thegovernorannouncedhisplanto incarceraterepeatoffenders.

incarceration

noun[U]us
/ɪnˌkɑr·səˈreɪ·ʃən/
We’respendingbillionsofdollarseachyearon incarceration.
(Definition ofincarceratefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofincarcerate

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All subjects were incarcerated for violent offences, but had extensive criminal histories for acquisitive offences.
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However, more were incarcerated for 'other' offences such as fraud.
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Several were incarcerated for drug offences, but in their words, were neither regular users nor drug dependent.
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The majority of prisoners are incarcerated for less than 12 months after which they re-enter the community.
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During this time period 213 persons were incarcerated in the two prisons, 174 of which participated in the study (response rate 82 %).
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State and federal governments revised their criminal codes, effectively abolishing parole, imposing mandatory minimum sentences, and allowing juveniles to be incarcerated in adult prisons.
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Most importantly, personal sources reveal the particular experiences of healthy people incarcerated in the quarantine system.
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The quarantine system did not provide what was needed for individuals incarcerated on isolated outposts after a long voyage, particularly for those who were healthy.
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Her narratives consequently revolve in a kind of dark circle, where the allure of emancipation remains ironically incarcerated within a structural double bind of blasphemy and apostasy.
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The last two decades have witnessed an epidemic of incarceration - in 2002, more than two million inmates were incarcerated in adult correctional facilities, a 71% increase since 1990 [13].
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If they really are totally indifferent to the rights of others, there may be grounds for incarcerating them permanently, not as punishment, but merely for protection.
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She was incarcerated by her husband in order to force her to give him her fortune, and after he had attempted to sell her chastity to a friend.
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My father was incarcerated by the communist regime.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
People are incarcerated solely for having been convicted of criminal activity.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am not sure that he was ever incarcerated in a woman's prison, which would have been grossly unfair on women prisoners.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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