immure sb (in/within sth)
immure为及物动词，后接宾语，常与in或within连用表示地点。
The tyrant immured his political opponents in a dark dungeon.
暴君将他的政敌监禁在黑暗的地牢里。
监禁；幽闭
immuring — present participle of immure
把…砌入墙内；把…埋于墙中；截留；捕集；封存；隐居、限制、监禁或躲藏:将某人锁起来或把自己关在墙后。；放入或埋入墙内。；用墙围住。
to confine or imprison someone, or to seclude oneself, especially behind walls
隐居、限制、监禁或躲藏:将某人锁起来或把自己关在墙后。
To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
放入或埋入墙内。
To put or bury within a wall.
用墙围住。
To wall in.
捕捉或捕获(杂质)；主要用于分词形容词immured和动名词immuring。
To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.
一般现在时
The king immures political prisoners in the tower.
国王将政治犯监禁在塔楼里。
一般过去时
They immured the spy in a small cell.
他们把间谍禁闭在一间小牢房里。
现在完成时
The dictator has immured thousands of dissidents.
独裁者已经监禁了数千名异见者。
规则动词，意为'监禁'，常用于指将人关押或封锁。
The castle immures its prisoners in dark dungeons.
城堡把囚犯监禁在黑暗的地牢里。
用法提示：动词原形immure的第三人称单数形式，表示‘监禁’。
The writer felt immured in his small apartment during the lockdown.
封锁期间，这位作家感觉自己被禁闭在小公寓里。
用法提示：过去分词immured表示被动语态，‘被禁闭’。
The strict rules are immuring the students in a rigid system.
严格的规定把学生禁锢在僵化的制度中。
用法提示：现在分词immuring表示‘正在禁锢’。
immure为及物动词，后接宾语，常与in或within连用表示地点。
The tyrant immured his political opponents in a dark dungeon.
暴君将他的政敌监禁在黑暗的地牢里。
The prisoners were immured in a tiny cell for years.
囚犯们被禁闭在一个小牢房里多年。
反身用法，指自愿与外界隔绝。
The writer immured himself in his study to finish the novel.
那位作家把自己关在书房里以完成小说。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is immure to criticism.
正确表达He is immune to criticism.
“Immure”意为“监禁”，而“immune”意为“免疫”。学习者常因拼写相似而混淆，表示“对……免疫”应使用“immune”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The criminal immured in the prison.
正确表达The criminal was immured in the prison.
“Immure”是及物动词，在主动语态中需接宾语，表示“被监禁”应使用被动语态“be immured”。
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