柯林斯詞典life imprisonment 1. N-UNCOUNT If someone is sentenced to life imprisonment, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time. 終身監(jiān)禁 返回 life imprisonment劍橋詞典the punishment of being put in prison for a very long time without an arranged time for release or, in the US, until death 終身監(jiān)禁，無(wú)期徒刑 也見(jiàn)life sentence 返回 life imprisonment