imprison

詞型變化：

名詞:imprisonment 動詞過去式:imprisoned 過去分詞:imprisoned 現在分詞:imprisoning 第三人稱單數:imprisons 形容詞:imprisonable 英文字典

詞意辨析：

confine, imprison, jail

這些動詞均含“監禁”之意。
confine: 指監禁或幽禁；也指任何使行動受到限制的行為。
imprison: 較正式用詞，多指較長時間的監禁。
jail: (英國用gaol)多指審判之間的拘禁或對罪行較輕的罪犯的監禁。

英文解釋：

動詞 imprison:

1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   同義詞：incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
2. confine as if in a prison

例句：

1. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.
   在一出極為成功的演出中，一位著名演員有一次被選派扮演一名貴族。這位貴族被關押在巴士底獄已20年了。
2. They don't usually imprison first offenders.
   他們通常不監禁初次犯罪的人。
3. He was imprisoned for life.
   他被終生監禁。
4. Many coal-miners were imprisoned in a pit accident.
   在一次塌方事故中，許多礦工被壓在了井下。