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imprisonment是什么意思

imprisonment

英 [ɪm'prɪz(ə)nm(ə)nt] 美 [ɪm'prɪznmənt]

n. 监禁，关押；坐牢；下狱

英文词源

imprisonment (n.): late 14c., from Anglo-French emprisonement, Old French emprisonement (13c.), from emprisoner (see imprison).

双语例句

1. We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.: 我们被禁止使用母语，违者将被关进监狱。

2. She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.: 她因投毒和谋杀未遂被判20年监禁。

3. In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.: 1977年，他被判谋杀罪名成立，判处终身监禁。

4. He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment.: 他被判鞭笞和终身监禁。

5. He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.: 他因藐视法庭面临监禁。