imprison

im'prizn

四级六级 Collins 2

v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
v. confine as if in a prison; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

vt. 使下狱, 关闭, 拘禁, 限制
[法] 关押, 监禁, 限制

Collins 星级

6,445

BNC 频率

8,465

使用频率

imprison 由前缀 im-（表示“进入”）和词根 prison（监狱）组成，整体意思为“将某人放入监狱”。

例句

1. The judge decided to imprison the thief for five years.

法官决定将小偷监禁五年。

2. Many people believe that it is wrong to imprison someone without a fair trial.

许多人认为在没有公正审判的情况下监禁某人是错误的。

3. The government plans to imprison those who break the new laws.

政府计划监禁那些违反新法律的人。