| 单词 | imprison |
| 释义 | imprison (once / 249 pages) v To imprison is to hold someone in a prison or jail. It can also mean to confine them elsewhere. You might imprison a classmate in a locker, for example. Cops imprison suspects who can't make bail, and someone could be imprisoned for a long time if convicted of a serious crime. Government agencies like the CIA and FBI also imprison people. However, you don't need a prison to imprison someone: a kidnapper holding people captive in the basement has imprisoned them. WORD FAMILYimprison: imprisoned, imprisoning, imprisonment, imprisons+/imprisoned: unimprisoned/imprisonment: imprisonments USAGE EXAMPLESAccording to global press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders, 81 journalists are currently imprisoned in Turkey. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) His government imprisoned democratic critics and censored the press. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) That exchange coincided with the Iran’s release of four U.S. citizens imprisoned in the country. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) 1v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail The suspects were imprisoned without trial Syn|Hyper gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement 2v confine as if in a prison His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house Hyper confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement |
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