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incarcerate sb
The government incarcerated political dissidents.
政府监禁了政治异见人士。
监禁；关押；禁闭
incarcerates — third person singular of incarcerate
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监禁；关押；禁闭
To confine, shut up, or enclose; to hem in.
The government incarcerated political dissidents.
政府监禁了政治异见人士。
To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
incarcerate
Base
原形
incarcerates
3rd person
第三人称单数
incarcerating
-ing
现在分词
incarcerated
Past
过去式
incarcerated
Past participle
过去分词
The state incarcerates criminals.
州政府监禁罪犯。
They incarcerated the suspect last night.
他们昨晚监禁了嫌疑人。
He has been incarcerated for three years.
他已经被监禁了三年。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The government decided to incarcerate the corrupt official for embezzlement.
政府决定以贪污罪监禁那名腐败官员。
In some countries, people can be incarcerated for debt.
在一些国家，人们可能因债务被监禁。
The judge will incarcerate the criminal for ten years.
法官将判处该罪犯十年监禁。
The government incarcerated political dissidents.
政府监禁了政治异见人士。
He was incarcerated for fraud.
他因欺诈被监禁。
They incarcerated the prisoner in a high-security facility.
他们将囚犯监禁在高安保设施中。
Not this
He was incarcerate for five years.
Use this
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。
Not this
The prisoner was incarcerated to a cell.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
因…被监禁
He was incarcerated for auto theft.
他因盗窃汽车被监禁。
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。
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。
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。
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。
我看不到改变，满眼是种族主义的面孔，错位的仇恨，而我依然被囚禁。——图帕克《改变》
The new law could potentially incarcerate thousands of nonviolent offenders.
新法律可能会监禁数千名非暴力犯罪者。
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联想 in + car：把犯人塞进囚车（car）关起来，就是“监禁”。
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。
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/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.