Front | imprison |
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Pron | [ɪm'prɪzn] |
Back | 【imprison】 v.禁锢 The criminal has been imprisoned in a dark cell for almost 10 years. 这个罪犯被关在暗室里,几乎有十年了。 |
Vocab | imprisonlock up or confine, in or as in a jail
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. All forms of 'imprison' will appear on average once every 249 pages. imprison imprisoned imprisonment unimprisoned |
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