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Incarcerate V In'kɑ:Səreit V.下狱,监禁 英 下狱,监禁(To Imprison Confine

单词 incarcerate
音标 [in'kɑ:səreit]
解释 v.下狱,监禁
红宝书 【英】 v. 下狱,监禁(to imprison; confine)
【考】 反义词:liberate(释 放)
【记】 in(进入)+carcer(监 狱)+ate→下狱
【例】 She was incarcerated in her own sensibility.(她成了 自身敏感的奴隸)
字源 incarcerate (v.)
1550s, a back-formation from incarceration, or else from Medieval Latin incarceratus, past participle of incarcerare "to imprison" (see incarceration). Related: Incarcerated; incarcerating.
不择手段背单词 v. 监禁(关进监狱) = imprison = confine
【记】in进入, carcer = prison监狱, ate-监禁in进入, car车: 关进囚车, 开往监狱-监禁
【反】liberate(v 解放; 释放)
趣味全助记 【记】in + cancer 得了癌症就像进了监狱一样(痛苦)

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