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单词 internment
释义
internmentin‧tern‧ment /ɪnˈtɜːnmənt $ -ɜːr-/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINinternment
Origin:
1800-1900 INTERN1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Mandela was released after 27 years' internment.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And afterwards he revealed he had told Sir John not to implement internment.
  • I am writing this letter in order to humbly ask your forgiveness for the events preceding my internment here.
  • I believe that it can be done without internment.
  • I refer mainly to internment and other measures that can not be justified.
  • Kurt was able to sign up without first enduring the humiliation of internment.
  • The fact remains that internment is on the statute book and is available to the Government to use.
  • There is no easy way and internment is not the answer.
  • When war broke out he had to endure four months' internment as an enemy alien.
word sets
WORD SETS
borstal, nouncell, nounchain, nounchain gang, nounconcentration camp, nounconcurrent, adjectiveconfinement, nounconvict, nouncorrectional, adjectivecustodial sentence, nouncustody, noundeath row, noundetainee, noundetention, noundetention centre, noundrunk tank, noundungeon, nounfetter, verbfetters, noungaol, gaoler, noungovernor, nounguard, verbgulag, nounhandcuff, verbhandcuffs, nounincarcerate, verbinmate, nouninside, adverbintern, verbinternee, nouninternment, nounjailbreak, nounlabour camp, nounlifer, nounmanacle, nounold lag, nounopen prison, nounoubliette, nounparole, nounparole, verbpen, nounpenal, adjectivepenitentiary, nounpillory, nounpokey, nounpolitical prisoner, nounporridge, nounpreventive detention, nounprison, nounprison camp, nounprisoner, nounprisoner of conscience, nounprisoner of war, nounprison visitor, nounreformatory, nounremand home, nounremission, nounserve, verbshackle, nounshackle, verbsolitary, nounsolitary confinement, nounstretch, nounthumbscrew, nounwarden, nounwarder, nounyardbird, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Everyone had to produce an identity card, including those actually in the internment camps!· Many of these were transferred to an internment camp at Long Kesh near Lisburn.
[uncountable] the practice of keeping people in prison during a war or for political reasons, without charging them with a crimeintern:  an internment camp
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