imprisonment
n. 關押,監禁; “imprison”的派生
Imprisonment is the state of being imprisoned.
She was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
她被判處 7 年監禁。
...the prospect of imprisonment.
坐牢的可能性
1. putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
2. the state of being imprisoned;
3. the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.
我們被禁止使用母語,違者將被關進監獄。
She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.
她因投毒和謀殺未遂被判20年監禁。
In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
1977年,他被判謀殺罪名成立,判處終身監禁。
He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment.
他被判鞭笞和終身監禁。
He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.
他因藐視法庭面臨監禁。