| 单词 | confinement |
| 释义 | confinement (kənfaɪnmənt ) Word forms: confinements 1. uncountable noun Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave. She had been held in solitary confinement for four months. He'd obviously kept himself fit despite his years of confinement. Synonyms: imprisonment, custody, detention, incarceration 2. variable noun A woman's confinement is the period of time just before and during which she gives birth to a child. [old-fashioned] Collocations: home confinement The wealthy socialite's lawyers had sought a bail package including a $5 million bond and home confinement with electronic monitoring. Times,Sunday Times We all have doubts and fears about home confinement in the long, dull, anxious months ahead. Times,Sunday Times The most extreme home confinement scenarios include war, famine and severe epidemics and may last a year or more. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was sentenced to two years of home confinement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was then placed in a two-year term of supervised release; during five of those months, she was placed in home confinement with electronic monitoring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 关押 Japanese: 監禁状態 |
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