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imprison
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🇺🇸 /ˌɪmpɹˈɪzʌn/
表示违背某人意愿把他关进监狱或限制在某个封闭空间里，常用于正式语境。
💡 记忆钩子
把“人”推进一个出不去的封闭空间：真实地关进监狱，就是监禁；也可以引申为仿佛把人锁住一样，使其无法自由行动。
📖 中文释义
verb
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core 监禁；关押📖 指把某人关进监狱，或强行限制在某个地方，使其不能自由离开。这里的核心画面就是把人锁进一个封闭空间；在比喻用法中，也可表示仿佛把人困住。💡 常用“imprison + 人 + in + 地点”表示把某人关在某处，也可用被动结构“be imprisoned”。它多用于正式或书面语境，尤其适合法律、新闻和历史背景；日常对话中说“关起来”通常更自然。不要在后面直接接地点而漏掉介词，也不要把它用于普通的短暂停留。transitiveThe authorities imprisoned him in a small cell.当局把他关进了一个小牢房。She felt imprisoned in a job she hated.她觉得自己仿佛被困在一份讨厌的工作里。
imprisons
present,singular,third-person
imprisoning
participle,present
imprisoned
participle,past
imprisoned
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 2 组
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
同义词集:
imprison
incarcerate
lag
immure
put behind bars
jail
jug
gaol
put away
remand
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
上位: confine, detain
confine as if in a prison
同义词集:
imprison
His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone
上位: confine, detain
🌳 词源
源自中古英语，来自古法语，构词上相当于“进入监狱”加动词后缀。
Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.
🔄 变式
imprisoned
past
imprisoning
present
imprisons
present
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