imprisonment
- 英式英标[ɪm\'prɪznmənt]
- 美式音标[ɪm\'prɪz(ə)nm(ə)nt]
英文词源
- imprisonment (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French emprisonement, Old French emprisonement (13c.), from emprisoner (see imprison).
实用例句
- 1. We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.
- 我们被禁止使用母语，违者将被关进监狱。
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- 2. She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.
- 她因投毒和谋杀未遂被判20年监禁。
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- 3. In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 1977年，他被判谋杀罪名成立，判处终身监禁。
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- 4. He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment.
- 他被判鞭笞和终身监禁。
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- 5. He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.
- 他因藐视法庭面临监禁。
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