incarceration

英 [ɪnˌkɑːsəˈreɪʃən]

美 [ɪnˌkɑrsəˈreɪʃən]

n.  监禁，下狱，禁闭，箝闭

复数：incarcerations　

医学

BNC.21624 / COCA.12142

柯林斯词典

• VERB 监禁;禁闭
  If people areincarcerated, they are kept in a prison or other place.
  1. They were incarcerated for the duration of the war...
     战争期间,他们被关在狱中。
  2. It can cost $40,000 to $50,000 to incarcerate a prisoner for a year.
     监禁一名囚犯一年要花费 4 万到 5 万美元。

英英释义

noun

• the state of being imprisoned
  1. he was held in captivity until he died
  2. the imprisonment of captured soldiers
  3. his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
  4. he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
  Synonym:captivityimprisonmentimmurement

双语例句

• Why are so many Americans in prison, and which ones can be safely released? Let's address some common misunderstandings about our incarceration problem.
  为什么美国的监狱人口如此巨大呢？其中又有哪些是可以被安全地释放的呢？下面让我们来看看若干对监狱系统的常见误解。
• In spite of his incarceration, he has been able to exercise his shareholder rights to campaign from prison to have directors removed and block investment in the company by US private equity group Bain Capital.
  尽管身陷囹圄，但他在狱中仍能行使股东参与权，成功赶走了公司董事，并阻止了美国私人股本集团贝恩资本（BainCapital）的投资。
• What does matter is that her incarceration was ordered without a warrant.
  问题在于她是在没有逮捕令的情况下被关押的。
• Incarceration and herniation were few in medial orbital wall fracture, but often in orbital floor fracture;
  内壁骨折极少引起内直肌嵌顿，下壁骨折中下直肌嵌夹及疝出则常见；
• Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration!
  请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。
• The financial burden of violent crime adds to this, incurring expenditures for the criminal justice system, for the incarceration of offenders and to local victims.
  由此带来的财政负担，涉及到司法体系、监狱系统以及对受害者的补偿等。
• Was there ever a time when this seemed ordinary? All was quiet until the second day when the 'prisoners' rebelled against their incarceration.
  是不是曾经也有过这一切都看起来是正常的时候？一开始一切都很正常，可是到了第二天，囚犯们对于被监禁做出了反抗。
• Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.
  她的母亲被关在精神病院，这给她的童年蒙上了阴影。
• In order to address this growth in crime, policymakers will have to pursue multiple strategies including prevention, intervention, suppression, and incarceration efforts.
  为了遏制犯罪，法律部门不得不寻求多种方法，包括预防、干预、制止和禁闭等手段。
• While reentry programs can aid reintegration into the community, they do little to reduce our reliance on incarceration.
  虽然有重返社会的项目帮助他们重头开始，但这对于降低监禁率并没多大帮助。