incarcerate
verb /ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪt/
/ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪt/
[usually passive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they incarcerate | /ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪt/ /ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it incarcerates | /ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪts/ /ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪts/ |
| past simple incarcerated | /ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle incarcerated | /ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form incarcerating | /ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- incarcerate somebody (in something) to put somebody in prison or in another place from which they cannot escape
监禁；关押；禁闭 - Thousands were incarcerated in labour camps.
成千上万的人被关进了劳改营。
Collocations DictionaryIncarcerate is used with these nouns as the object:- prisoner
词源mid 16th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as incarceration): from medieval Latin incarcerat- ‘imprisoned’, from the verb incarcerare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin carcer ‘prison’. - Thousands were incarcerated in labour camps.