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imprison v.监禁；关押；束缚 (1) 他们通常不监禁初次犯罪的人。(2) 欧盟已经和肯尼亚签署了关于已抓获海盗的监禁事项。(3) 你可以禁锢我的身体，却束缚不了我的心灵。 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.

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英 [ɪm'prɪzn] 美 [ɪm'prɪzn] (1) They don't usually imprison first offenders.(2) The EU has signed a deal with Kenya to imprison captured pirates.(3) You can imprison my body but not my mind. 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. 1[VERB 动词]关押；监禁 If someone is imprisoned, they are locked up or kept somewhere, usually in prison as a punishment for a crime or for political opposition.   [be V-ed]  [V n]The local priest was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation...当地牧师由于受到煽动反对政府的指控而被监禁 18 个月。Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement.荷兰殖民当局因他参加独立运动而把他关押了起来。

英语单词	imprison
英美音标	英 [ɪm'prɪzn] 美 [ɪm'prɪzn]
中文释义	v.监禁；关押；束缚
英语例句	(1) They don't usually imprison first offenders. (2) The EU has signed a deal with Kenya to imprison captured pirates. (3) You can imprison my body but not my mind.
中文例句	(1) 他们通常不监禁初次犯罪的人。 (2) 欧盟已经和肯尼亚签署了关于已抓获海盗的监禁事项。 (3) 你可以禁锢我的身体，却束缚不了我的心灵。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]关押；监禁 If someone is imprisoned, they are locked up or kept somewhere, usually in prison as a punishment for a crime or for political opposition. [be V-ed] [V n] The local priest was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation... 当地牧师由于受到煽动反对政府的指控而被监禁 18 个月。 Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement. 荷兰殖民当局因他参加独立运动而把他关押了起来。

Imprison Prison Imprisoned Ed 英 ɪm'prɪzn] 美 ɪm'prɪzn V.监禁；关押；束缚