incarcerate

incarcerate
[ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪt]
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be incarcerated)imprison
    监禁,关押
    many are incarcerated for property offences.
    许多人因偷窃罪而遭监禁。
    ■[with obj. and adverbial of place]confine (someone) in a particular place
    禁闭
    he spent a long evening incarcerated below decks.
    他一晚上被禁闭在甲板下。
派生
incarceration
noun
incarcerator
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin incarcerat- 'imprisoned', from the verb incarcerare, from in- 'into' + Latin carcer 'prison'
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