Word · Frequency #19981
incarcerated
监禁；关押；禁闭
incarcerated is the past of incarcerate.
To confine, shut up, or enclose; to hem in.
- 1.
To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
下狱；监禁；禁闭；[法] 监禁；使下狱
In use
The government decided to incarcerate the corrupt official for embezzlement.
In some countries, people can be incarcerated for debt.
The judge will incarcerate the criminal for ten years.
incarcerate sb
The government incarcerated political dissidents.
政府监禁了政治异见人士。
incarcerate sb for sth
He was incarcerated for fraud.
他因欺诈被监禁。
incarcerate sb in sth
They incarcerated the prisoner in a high-security facility.
他们将囚犯监禁在高安保设施中。
Verb forms
base incarcerate · third person incarcerates · -ing incarcerating · past incarcerated · past participle incarcerated
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
He was incarcerate for five years.He was incarcerated for five years.
incarcerate是动词原形，不能用在be动词后作表语，需要改为过去分词形式表示被动语态。
The prisoner was incarcerated to a cell.The prisoner was incarcerated in a cell.
表示监禁地点时，incarcerate后接介词in，而不是to，to表示方向，而in表示处所。
Connections
Collocations
- be incarcerated for
- 因…被监禁
- He was incarcerated for auto theft.他因盗窃汽车被监禁。
- incarcerate without trial
- 未经审判监禁
- The regime incarcerated hundreds of protesters without trial.该政权未经审判就监禁了数百名抗议者。
- incarcerate in
- 把…监禁在…
- They incarcerated the prisoner in a high-security facility.他们把那名囚犯监禁在高度安全设施中。
- wrongly incarcerated
- 被错误监禁
- The documentary tells the story of a man wrongly incarcerated for 20 years.这部纪录片讲述了一名被错误监禁20年的男子的故事。
- incarcerate offenders
- 监禁罪犯
- Some experts argue that we should rehabilitate rather than merely incarcerate offenders.一些专家认为，我们应该改造罪犯，而不只是监禁他们。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 in + car：把犯人塞进囚车（car）关起来，就是“监禁”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal contexts、formal writing 该词多用于正式或法律语境，指将人关押入狱；日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都不与“incarcerate”押韵。拼写含“-cerate”的 lacerate 和 ulcerate 看似相似，但重音在第一个音节，元音分别为 /æ/ 和 /ʌ/。含“-erate”的 generate、operate、tolerate、accelerate 共享末尾的 /əreɪt/ 音，但重音位置或元音不同。“incarcerate”的特殊之处在于重音在第二个音节上的 /ɑː/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.