imprisonment學測 L6KK [ˌɪˈmprɪzənmənt] ｜ /ˌɪˈmprɪzənmənt/
判刑監禁·監禁狀態·廣義監禁；受困
常考詞，形近prison易混
After ten years of imprisonment, he finally saw his family again.
服刑十年後，他終於再次見到家人。
一個畫面：上鎖關入牢籠
銬手上鎖手腕被銬上，動彈不得
鐵窗高牆被高牆鐵窗團團圍住
刑期倒數服刑期間，計算著日子
義項
判刑入獄C1noun判刑監禁
The judge sent him to five years of imprisonment.
法官將他判處五年監禁。
years of imprisonmentsentenced to imprisonment
身陷囹圄C1noun監禁狀態
Her long imprisonment made her lose hope of going home.
她漫長的監禁讓她失去回家的希望。
term of imprisonment
如囚受困C1noun廣義監禁；受困
Staying home for weeks felt like a kind of imprisonment.
在家待好幾週感覺就像一種監禁。
a form of imprisonment
片語
life imprisonment牢底坐穿 →無期徒刑，終身監禁
false imprisonment被冤枉關 →非法拘禁；冤獄
sentenced to imprisonment被判入獄 →被法院判處監禁
你會不會這樣說？
After the trial, he was sentenced to five years of ___. (imprisonment / impression)
看答案
imprisonment
imprisonment 監禁；impression 印象，形似義異。
'Staying home for weeks felt like a kind of imprisonment.' 這裡的 imprisonment 最接近哪個意思？(A) 判刑入獄 (B) 監禁狀態 (C) 廣義受困，不一定是真正的監獄
看答案
(C)
此句指非字面監禁，強調行動受限如坐牢的感受。
字族
imprison 監禁（動詞）・imprisoned 被監禁的・prisoner 囚犯