the punishment of being put into prison. The punishment of life imprisonment means that someone will be kept in prison for many years, possibly until they die 监禁
He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment for possession of cocaine. 他因私藏可卡因而被判处4个月的监禁。
the courts' increased use of imprisonment 法庭对监禁使用的增多
ADJECTIVE | VERB + IMPRISONMENT | IMPRISONMENT + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤six months', ten years', etc. * 6 個月、10 年等監禁➤life終身監禁➤indefinite不定期監禁刑➤false, unlawful, wrongful不正當關押;非法囚禁VERB + IMPRISONMENT➤be liable to (BrE) , face可能受到監禁;面臨監禁◇Anyone committing the offence is liable to imprisonment.任何犯此罪的人都有可能被監禁。◇The coup leaders could face life imprisonment.政變頭目可能面臨終身監禁。➤receive, suffer受到監禁;遭到關押◇Those who were captured suffered imprisonment.被抓獲的人遭到了監禁。➤be released from出獄▸➤sentence sb to判處某人監禁IMPRISONMENT + VERB➤be suspended for sth (NAmE) 監禁因⋯緩期執行◇a term of imprisonment, suspended for 15 months監禁,緩期 15 個月PREPOSITION➤imprisonment for因⋯入獄◇imprisonment for illegal possession of weapons因非法擁有武器而入獄PHRASES➤imprisonment without trial未經審判的監禁▸➤a period of imprisonment, a sentence of imprisonment, a term of imprisonment監禁的時期/判決/期限➤punishable by imprisonment可判處監禁◇a felony punishable by imprisonment可判處監禁的重罪