| 单词 | incarcerate |
| 释义 | incarcerate (once / 3595 pages) v Use the verb incarcerate when you need to put someone behind bars in a big way, meaning, send them to prison, like those who, after being found guilty of a crime and sentenced, become incarcerated. The word incarcerate entered the English language in the sixteenth century, tracing back to the Latin word meaning “imprisoned.” If you incarcerate people, that means you imprison them for a predetermined amount of time in a jail, prison, or a detention center. It’s good to know the meaning of incarcerate, but make sure you never get so close to it that you have firsthand knowledge of the word. WORD FAMILYincarcerate: incarcerated, incarcerates, incarcerating, incarceration+/incarceration: incarcerations USAGE EXAMPLESToday, the Somali pirates incarcerated in American prisons number at least 28, stemming from just five cases. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Kentucky bills people held in its jails for the costs of incarcerating them, even if all charges are later dismissed. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) He signed the Civil Liberties Act to compensate more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent who were incarcerated in internment camps. BBC(Dec 25, 2016) v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life Syn|Hyper gaol, immure, imprison, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement |
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