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Incarcerate Drug Prison Incarcerated Word Meaning Incarceration 英

英语单词 incarcerate
英美音标 英 [ɪn'kɑːsəreɪt] 美 [ɪn'kɑːrsəreɪt]
中文释义 vt.监禁;幽闭
英语例句 (1) Limits court authority to incarcerate offenders who commit certain drug crimes, break drug treatment rules or violate parole.
中文例句 (1) 限制法院的权力监禁罪犯谁犯下某些毒品犯罪,打破药物治疗的规则或违反假释。
vocabulary简明 Use the verb incarcerate when you need to put someone behind bars in a big way, meaning, send them to prison, like those who, after being found guilty of a crime and sentenced, become incarcerated.
vocabulary扩展 The word incarcerate entered the English language in the sixteenth century, tracing back to the Latin word meaning “imprisoned.” If you incarcerate people, that means you imprison them for a predetermined amount of time in a jail, prison, or a detention center. It’s good to know the meaning of incarcerate, but make sure you never get so close to it that you have firsthand knowledge of the word.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]监禁;禁闭 If people are incarcerated, they are kept in a prison or other place.
  [be V-ed]
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  [FORMAL 正式]
  • They were incarcerated for the duration of the war...

    战争期间,他们被关在狱中。

  • It can cost $40,000 to $50,000 to incarcerate a prisoner for a year.

    监禁一名囚犯一年要花费 4 万到 5 万美元。

incarceration
  • ...her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.

    她母亲关在精神病院中

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