incarcerate是什么意思？

incarcerate

英[ɪnˈkɑ:səreɪt] 美[ɪnˈkɑrsəreɪt]

• vt. 监禁，禁闭，关进监狱，[医]钳闭；

第三人称单数：incarcerates;

过去式：incarcerated;

过去分词：incarcerated;

现在分词：incarcerating;

名词：incarceration;

例句

• Why do you incarcerate yourself in the room every afternoon? 你为何每天下午将自己关在房间里?
• It can cost $40,000 to $50,000 to incarcerate a prisoner for a year. 监禁一名囚犯一年要花费 4 万到 5 万美元。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  监禁;禁闭
  If people are incarcerated, they are kept in a prison or other place.
  例句
  They were incarcerated for the duration of the war... 战争期间,他们被关在狱中。 It can cost $40,000 to $50,000 to incarcerate a prisoner for a year. 监禁一名囚犯一年要花费 4 万到 5 万美元。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
  "The suspects were imprisoned without trial""the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"