incarcerating
present participle ofincarcerate
| 单词 | incarcerating |
| 释义 | incarcerating present participle ofincarcerate incarcerate verb[T] uk/ɪnˈkɑː.sər.eɪt/us/ɪnˈkɑːr.sə.reɪt/formal to put orkeepsomeone inprisonor in aplaceused as aprison: Thousands ofdissidentshave beeninterrogatedor incarcerated. tokeepsomeone in aclosedplaceandpreventthem fromleavingit: We were incarceratedinthatbrokenelevatorfor fourhours. Putting people in prison
Examplesofincarceratingincarcerating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The cage ultimately represents a prisonincarceratingall who would challenge the hegemony. From theCambridge English Corpus If they really are totally indifferent to the rights of others, there may be grounds forincarceratingthem permanently, not as punishment, but merely for protection. From theCambridge English Corpus We are talking about putting children before service courts andincarcerating15-year-old boys for up to one year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, they are the kind of people to whom we propose to hand over citizens whom we have taken responsibility forincarcerating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Their difficulties are inadequately addressed by the existing prison system, and simplyincarceratingpeople for longer is inadequate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer does not lie inincarceratingmore and more people in prison. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was eloquent testimony to the desperately destructive effect ofincarceratingyoung people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should facilitate community care and stopincarceratingpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, it embarks on a new range of non-custodial penalties designed to find methods of awarding punishments to criminals which do not involveincarceratingthem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That was supposed to be the main purpose ofincarceratingthem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They areincarceratingpeople whose quality of life is shameful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree thatincarceratinginnocent individuals will not solve the many difficult problems of that region? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to win the battle for convincing the service that what it is about is rehabilitation and not simplyincarceratingpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often that meansincarceratingpersons for 23 hours a day—consider what that means—for weeks, months or years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But to concentrate onincarceratingdamaged and delinquent adolescents in large and soulless institutions, often a long way from their families, is both harmful and inhumane. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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