imprison

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will. transitive
    — One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.

词形变化

imprisons present,singular,third-person imprisoning participle,present imprisoned participle,past imprisoned past emprison alternative,obsolete

词源

Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.
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