imprison

confine, imprison, jail

动词 imprison:

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   同义词：incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
2. confine as if in a prison

1. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.
   在一出极为成功的演出中，一位著名演员有一次被选派扮演一名贵族。这位贵族被关押在巴士底狱已20年了。
2. They don't usually imprison first offenders.
   他们通常不监禁初次犯罪的人。
3. He was imprisoned for life.
   他被终生监禁。
4. Many coal-miners were imprisoned in a pit accident.
   在一次塌方事故中，许多矿工被压在了井下。

im.pris.on

v.tr.（及物动词）
im.pris.oned,im.pris.on.ing,im.pris.ons
To put in or as if in prison; confine.
束缚；禁锢：关进或好象关进监狱；禁锢

来源：
Middle English emprisonen
中古英语 emprisonen
from Old French emprisoner
源自 古法语 emprisoner
en- [in] from Latin in- * see in- 2
en- [在…里面] 源自 拉丁语 in- *参见 in-2
prison [prison] * see prison
prison [监狱] *参见 prison

【引伸】
impris.onable
adj.（形容词）
impris.onment
n.（名词）