imprisonment

名词 imprisonment:

1. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
2. the state of being imprisoned
   同义词：captivity, incarceration, immurement
3. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
   同义词：internment

1. For an offence of this gravity, imprisonment is the usual punishment.
   对这种重大罪行通常处以监禁。
2. He appealed for (a) commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment.
   他已上诉请求将死刑减为无期徒刑。
3. He got two years' imprisonment for assaulting a police officer.
   他因袭击警察而遭两年监禁。
4. Serious crime must be punished by longer terms of imprisonment.
   重罪须处以长期监禁。
5. The sentence of six months imprisonment was most unjust.
   六个月监禁的判决极其不公。
6. A state of imprisonment or captivity.
   监禁，下狱被关押或囚禁的状态
7. He was in the unenviable position of having to choose between imprisonment or exile.
   他已陷於进退维谷的地步，不是坐牢就是流放，必须在两者间做出抉择。
8. The criminal was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.
   这名罪犯被判处一年监禁。