词汇精选：imprison的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

关押，监禁；束缚，禁锢 [T]

例句：

The local priest was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.

当地牧师由于受到煽动反对政府的指控而被监禁18个月。

例句：

Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement.

荷兰殖民当局因他参加独立运动而把他关押了起来。

二、词义辨析：

confine,imprison,jail

这些动词均含“监禁”之意。confine指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。imprison较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。jail(英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。

三、参考例句：

They don't usually imprison first offenders.

他们通常不监禁初次犯罪的人。

You may imprison my body, actually could not fetter my mind.

你可以禁锢我的身体，却束缚不了我的心灵。

We have interceded with the authorities on behalf of people unfair imprison there.

我们代表含冤系狱的人向当局求情。

But does anyone truly believe that the situation in Libya would be better if Qaddafi had been allowed to kill, imprison, or brutalize his people into submission

但是，任何人是否真的认为，如果让卡扎菲任意杀戮、囚禁或用残暴手段制服人民，利比亚的局势会更好？