imprison

imprison /im'prizn/
  • ngoại động từ
    • bỏ tù, tống giam, giam cầm
    • (nghĩa bóng) giam hãm, o bế

Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 giam

Xem thêm: incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand



imprison

Từ điển Collocation

imprison verb

ADV. virtually Her fear virtually imprisoned her in her home. | falsely, unlawfully, wrongfully, wrongly working on behalf of people who have been wrongly imprisoned | briefly, temporarily

PREP. for He was imprisoned for debt. | in He was imprisoned in a local castle.


Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand

    The suspects were imprisoned without trial

    the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

  • confine as if in a prison

    His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

imprisons|imprisoned|imprisoning
syn.: confine jail lock up

ant.: free liberate