solitary confinement

英 [ˌsɒlətri kənˈfaɪnmənt]

美 [ˌsɑːləteri kənˈfaɪnmənt]

n.  单独监禁; 单独禁闭

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 单独监禁；单独禁闭
  a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone in a separate cell
  1. to be in solitary confinement
     被单独监禁

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 单独监禁
  A prisoner who isin solitary confinementis being kept alone away from all other prisoners, usually as a punishment.
  1. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
     昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。

英英释义

noun

• confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners
  1. he was held in solitary
  Synonym:solitary

双语例句

• They are in a solitary confinement in a small room with a personal guard.
  他们在1人看守的小房间里单独监禁。
• Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
  昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。
• After 278 days of solitary confinement without benefit of a trial, on September 13, 2000, I was finally being freed.
  2000年9月13日，在未经审讯被单独监禁278天之后，我终于自由了。
• Drugs, magnetic fields, sound waves, sleep deprivation, solitary confinement, and many other methods were studied under BLUEBIRD and ARTHICHOKE.
  药物，磁场，声波，剥夺睡眠，单独监禁，并且许多其他方法在蓝知更鸟和朝鲜蓟下被研究。
• A common result is that the inmates are put in solitary confinement.
  结果往往是把这些囚犯单独关押起来。
• Later this was relaxed and every inmate except those sent to solitary confinement ate the same meagre diet.
  后来这又放宽了，除去单独隔离的囚犯之外，其他人都供应一样可怜的食物。
• She had been held in solitary confinement for four months
  她被单独关押了4个月。
• They might keep him for years in solitary confinement, they might send him to a labour-camp, they might release him for a while, as they sometimes did.
  他们可能长年把他单独监禁；他们可能送他去劳动营；他们可能先释放他一阵子，他们有时是这样做的。
• The prisoner was sentenced to three months 'solitary confinement, ie kept apart from other prisoners.
  那犯人被判处单独监禁叁个月（与其他犯人隔离）。
• Prisoners imagine that solitary confinement will be worse than it really is; mothers-to-be think the pain of childbirth will be more bearable than it typically proves to be.
  囚犯们想象单独监禁的感觉会比实际情况更糟；准妈妈们会认为生孩子的痛苦比通常实际证明的情况更可忍受。