名詞 imprisonment:

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

1. For an offence of this gravity, imprisonment is the usual punishment.
   對這種重大罪行通常處以監(jiān)禁。
2. He appealed for (a) commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment.
   他已上訴請求將死刑減為無期徒刑。
3. He got two years' imprisonment for assaulting a police officer.
   他因襲擊警察而遭兩年監(jiān)禁。
4. Serious crime must be punished by longer terms of imprisonment.
   重罪須處以長期監(jiān)禁。
5. The sentence of six months imprisonment was most unjust.
   六個月監(jiān)禁的判決極其不公。
6. A state of imprisonment or captivity.
   監(jiān)禁，下獄被關(guān)押或囚禁的狀態(tài)
7. He was in the unenviable position of having to choose between imprisonment or exile.
   他已陷於進退維谷的地步，不是坐牢就是流放，必須在兩者間做出抉擇。
8. The criminal was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.
   這名罪犯被判處一年監(jiān)禁。