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
将...投入监牢或如监牢般束缚；违背其意愿拘禁。；使下狱；关闭；拘禁；限制；[法] 关押
to put someone in prison or to confine them against their will
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.
一般现在时
The law imprisons criminals.
法律监禁罪犯。
一般过去时
They imprisoned him for theft.
他们因盗窃将他关押。
现在完成时
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。
用法提示：imprison 作为动词原形，用在情态动词 may 后，表示‘监禁’的动作。
She felt imprisoned by her mundane routine.
她感觉自己被平凡的生活束缚住了。
用法提示：imprisoned 作为过去分词作形容词，跟在 felt 后，描述状态‘被限制的’。
Imprisoning someone without trial is against the law.
未经审判就监禁他人是违法的。
用法提示：Imprisoning 是动名词作主语，表示‘监禁’这一行为。
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。
与imprison几乎相同，常用于口语和法律语境
正式用语，强调长期监禁
非正式，常指临时或在家中关押
范围更广，可不用于监狱，强调限制自由
通常为短期，等候法律程序
grammar · medium
易错句子He was sent to imprison for five years.
正确表达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'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He imprisoned for five years.
正确表达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'。
jail作为动词更口语化，多指短期关押或拘留；imprison更正式，可指长期或比喻性监禁。
confine强调限制在某个范围内，不一定是法律意义上的囚禁；imprison特指法律上的监禁。
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。
im- + prison
prison (root)
prison + -er
im- + prison + -ment
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