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imprisonment
🇺🇸 /ˌɪmpɹˈɪzʌnmʌnt/
imprisonment 指因犯罪受惩罚而被关进监狱，也可泛指被关押、失去自由的状态或经历。
💡 记忆钩子
把人关在围墙里面、限制其自由，就是 imprisonment；最常见的是作为刑罚入狱，也可以延伸指较广义的关押状态。
📝 学习建议
- 它是名词，不要误当作“监狱”这个地点；表示地点时应使用 prison 或 jail。
- 学习时先记住“因惩罚而被关押”这一核心义，再理解它泛指失去自由的关押状态。
📖 中文释义
noun
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core 监禁；入狱📖 指把人关在监狱或其他封闭场所中，限制其自由，尤其是作为犯罪后的惩罚；也可泛指被关押的状态或经历。💡 常用 imprisonment for + 犯罪或原因，以及 imprisonment as punishment，说明入狱的原因或性质。它强调“被关押这一状态或刑罚”，不是关人的建筑物。不要把 imprisonment 和 prison 混用：前者是监禁，后者是监狱。countable uncountableHe was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for fraud.他因诈骗罪被判处五年监禁。Long imprisonment had changed her view of freedom.长期监禁改变了她对自由的看法。
imprisonments
plural
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 3 组
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
同义词集:
imprisonment
internment
上位: confinement
下位: custody, lockdown
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
同义词集:
imprisonment
上位: penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment
the state of being imprisoned; ; ;
同义词集:
captivity
imprisonment
incarceration
immurement
he was held in captivity until he died
the imprisonment of captured soldiers
his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
上位: confinement
下位: internment
🌳 词源
源自中古法语和盎格鲁-诺曼语，和 imprison（监禁）及后缀 -ment 有关。
From Anglo-Norman emprisonement, from Old French emprisonnement. See imprison + -ment.
🔄 变式
imprisonments
plural
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