incarcerate
incarcerate — 動詞
- incarceratepresent simple I / you / we / they
- incarcerateshe / she / it
- incarceratedpast simple
- incarcerating-ing form
1. to send someone to prison, or to hold them there as a punishment after a court h
監禁；服刑
經法院判決後送入監獄服刑
to send someone to prison, or to hold them there as a punishment after a court has decided they committed a crime.
The judge incarcerated Obi for ten years after the armed robbery conviction.
法官在持械搶劫罪定讞後，判處 Obi 十年監禁。
incarcerate + somebody + for + length-of-sentence
Tuan was incarcerated in a maximum-security prison for drug trafficking.
Tuan 因毒品走私罪被監禁在一座最高安全級別的監獄中。
passive: be incarcerated in [place] for [crime]
Many young men in the neighborhood had been incarcerated at least once.
那個社區裡許多年輕男子都曾被監禁至少一次。
passive with frequency adverbial
The new law would incarcerate first-time offenders for minor drug crimes.
新法律會將初犯的輕微毒品罪犯送入監獄服刑。
formal/legal register: subject is law or court
Paloma's brother was incarcerated for tax fraud after a long trial.
Paloma 的哥哥經過漫長審判後因逃稅被監禁。
- incarcerate for [crime]
- incarcerate for [length of time]
- be incarcerated in [prison]
- wrongly incarcerated
文法句型
incarcerate + somebody
be incarcerated (for + crime)
be incarcerated (in + place)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a court, judge, government, or law; the object is the person sent to prison. Frequently passive when the focus is on the prisoner rather than the authority.
常見錯誤
2. to shut a person inside a closed space so that they cannot get out, especially a
禁閉；關押
強行將人關在密閉空間中不得離開
to shut a person inside a closed space so that they cannot get out, especially against their will.
The kidnappers had incarcerated Iris in a small basement room for three weeks.
綁匪將 Iris 禁閉在一個狹小的地下室裡長達三週。
incarcerate + somebody + in + closed-space
During the outbreak, the patients were incarcerated in a small hospital wing.
疫情爆發期間，病患被關押在一個狹小的醫院側翼。
passive use with institutional setting
Sivan felt incarcerated in the tiny apartment during the long winter lockdown.
在漫長的冬季封城期間，Sivan 覺得自己被禁閉在那間小公寓裡。
figurative: feel emotionally trapped in a place
The cult leader had incarcerated his followers on a remote island compound.
該邪教領袖將其信徒關押在一處偏遠的島嶼園區內。
- incarcerate in [closed space]
- feel incarcerated
- confine
more neutral; can be voluntary (confined to bed) or involuntary
- shut up
informal phrasal verb; same meaning of forced indoor confinement
- hold captive
emphasises the captor-captive relationship
- release
to allow someone to leave a closed space
文法句型
incarcerate + somebody + in + place
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense does not require a court order or legal punishment — it covers any forced confinement in a closed space, including kidnapping, quarantine, or figurative entrapment.
常見錯誤
同根字
- incarceration名詞C2
- incarcerated形容詞C2