柯林斯詞典imprison /?m?pr?z?n/ (imprisoning,imprisoned,imprisons) 1. V-T If someone is imprisoned, they are locked up or kept somewhere, usually in prison, as a punishment for a crime or for political opposition. 監(jiān)禁 He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of theft. 他因盜竊指控而被監(jiān)禁了18個月。 返回 imprison劍橋詞典to put someone in prison 關(guān)押，囚禁 He was imprisoned in 1965 for attempted murder . 他因謀殺未遂於1965年被監(jiān)禁。 figurative Unable to go out because of the deep snow , she felt imprisoned in her own house . 她因雪深無法外出，感覺自己像被囚在了屋內(nèi)。 返回 imprison