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imprison sb
The court decided to imprison the thief for three years.
法庭决定将小偷监禁三年。
监禁；关押
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监禁；关押
to put someone in prison or to confine them against their will
The court decided to imprison the thief for three years.
法庭决定将小偷监禁三年。
将...投入监牢或如监牢般束缚；违背其意愿拘禁。
To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
imprison
Base
原形
imprisons
3rd person
第三人称单数
imprisoning
-ing
现在分词
imprisoned
Past
过去式
imprisoned
Past participle
过去分词
The law imprisons criminals.
法律监禁罪犯。
They imprisoned him for theft.
他们因盗窃将他关押。
She has been imprisoned for five years.
她已被监禁五年。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The authorities may imprison anyone who breaks the quarantine rules.
当局可能会监禁任何违反隔离规定的人。
She felt imprisoned by her mundane routine.
她感觉自己被平凡的生活束缚住了。
Imprisoning someone without trial is against the law.
未经审判就监禁他人是违法的。
The court decided to imprison the thief for three years.
法庭决定将小偷监禁三年。
He was imprisoned in a small cell for days.
他被关在一个小牢房里好几天。
Many people were imprisoned during the war.
战争期间许多人被关押。
Not this
He was sent to imprison for five years.
Use this
He was sent to prison for five years.
误将动词'imprison'用作名词。'imprison'是动词，表示'监禁'；表示'监狱'应用名词'prison'。
Not this
He imprisoned for five years.
Use this
He was imprisoned for five years.
缺少被动语态。'imprison'是及物动词，主语是动作承受者时需用被动语态'be imprisoned'。
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因……被监禁
He was imprisoned for robbery.
他因抢劫被监禁。
未经审判监禁某人
The government imprisoned dissidents without trial.
政府未经审判监禁异见人士。
关在牢房里
They imprisoned him in a dark cell.
他们把他关在一间黑暗的牢房里。
被终身监禁
The murderer was imprisoned for life.
凶手被终身监禁。
压抑情感
She imprisoned her emotions for years.
她多年来压抑着自己的情感。
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im-（像‘进入’）+ prison（监狱）= 关进监狱，即‘监禁’。
多用于法律或文学语境，表示正式监禁或比喻性限制，日常口语中较少使用。
常用于被动语态
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