incarceration
incarceration — 名詞
1. the punishment of being locked behind prison walls, often for many years followi
監禁；坐牢
因犯罪被法院判處關進監獄
the punishment of being locked behind prison walls, often for many years following a court's decision.
After ten years of incarceration, Rodrigo walked out of the prison gates a free man.
在監禁十年後，Rodrigo 走出監獄大門，成為自由之身。
after [N] years of incarceration
The judge ordered the incarceration of the three men for armed robbery.
法官判處那三名男子因持械搶劫而入獄監禁。
order the incarceration of [someone] for [crime]
Sade's research focuses on the long-term effects of incarceration on young mothers.
Sade 的研究聚焦於監禁對年輕母親的長期影響。
effects of incarceration on [group]
Mass incarceration has become a serious problem in many American cities.
大規模監禁已成為許多美國城市的嚴重問題。
mass incarceration as a social problem
Eitan spent his years of incarceration studying law and writing letters to his children.
Eitan 在監禁的那幾年裡讀法律、寫信給孩子。
spent [time] of incarceration doing [activity]
- mass incarceration
- wrongful incarceration
- long-term incarceration
- years of incarceration
- rate of incarceration
- imprisonment
near-synonym; slightly less formal and more common in everyday writing
- detention
broader; includes short-term holding, often before trial or for immigration cases
- confinement
general term; can apply to any forced restriction of movement, not only prisons
文法句型
incarceration of [someone]
incarceration in [a place]
the incarceration of [someone] for [crime/reason]
用法筆記
Frequently appears with quantified time spans (years of / months of / decades of). Common in legal, academic, and journalistic writing; less common in everyday speech, where 'jail time' or 'prison sentence' is preferred.
常見錯誤
2. the experience of being shut up inside a small or closed space and unable to go
閉鎖；幽禁
被困於狹小或封閉空間無法外出
the experience of being shut up inside a small or closed space and unable to go out, used outside the legal meaning.
Apinya's weeks of incarceration in the tiny apartment ended with a walk to the park.
Apinya 在小公寓裡閉鎖數週的日子，以一趟散步去公園作結。
weeks of incarceration in [small space]
The sailors described their three-month incarceration below deck during the storm season.
那些水手描述了暴風季節時，他們在甲板下被幽禁三個月的經歷。
[duration] incarceration [in/below place]
Élise wrote a memoir about her long incarceration inside the dusty old monastery.
Élise 寫了一本回憶錄，描述她長期幽禁在塵封老修道院裡的日子。
long incarceration inside [enclosed building]
Many office workers in Tokyo described the lockdown as a form of voluntary incarceration.
許多東京的上班族把封城形容為一種自願性的閉鎖。
a form of [adjective] incarceration
- voluntary incarceration
- self-imposed incarceration
- home incarceration
- weeks of incarceration
- confinement
near-synonym; sounds slightly more neutral and less dramatic
- isolation
emphasises being cut off from people, not just shut in a space
- freedom
the open state of being able to come and go
文法句型
incarceration in [a place]
feel a sense of incarceration
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this metaphorical sense applies to any forced enclosure (illness, weather, lockdown, isolation) — no court or prison involved. Often pairs with words like 'voluntary', 'home', 'self-imposed'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- incarcerate動詞C1
- incarcerated形容詞C1
- carceral形容詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- incarceration rate
- incarceration period
- incarceration system
副詞搭配
- unjustly incarcerated
- wrongfully incarcerated
常用片語
- years of incarceration
- mass incarceration
- wrongful incarceration
介系詞搭配
- incarceration of
- incarceration in
- incarceration for