house arrest

英 [ˌhaʊs əˈrest]

美 [ˌhaʊs əˈrest]

n.  软禁

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 软禁
  the state of being a prisoner in your own house rather than in a prison
  1. to be under house arrest
     遭到软禁
  2. She was placed under house arrest .
     她遭到了软禁。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （因涉嫌参与违法活动而遭到的）（本宅）软禁
  If someone isunder house arrest, they are officially ordered not to leave their home, because they are suspected of being involved in an illegal activity.
  1. The main opposition leaders had been arrested or placed under house arrest...
     主要反对派领导人都已经遭到逮捕或软禁。
  2. He was released from house arrest two years ago.
     他两年前被解除软禁。

英英释义

noun

• confinement to your own home

双语例句

• The police did not take her away, but she was put under house arrest until the time of her trial.
  警察没有把她带走，但是她被软禁了，等待审讯。
• Gadhafi's son Saadi is now under a kind of house arrest in the capital, Niamey.
  卡扎菲的儿子萨阿迪现在正在首都尼亚美处于软禁状态。
• Galileo, a supporter of Copernicanism, was not so fortunate, ending up under house arrest under suspicion of heresy.
  而哥白尼学说的支持者伽利略（galileo）就没有那么幸运了，由于被怀疑提出异端邪说，他在软禁中终其一生。
• He has been under house arrest since February.
  自今年2月开始，他一直处于软禁之中。
• They placed their president under house arrest after the successful coup.
  他们在政变成功后将总统软禁了起来。
• He was released from house arrest two years ago.
  他两年前被解除软禁。
• The main opposition leaders had been arrested or placed under house arrest
  主要反对派领导人都已经遭到逮捕或软禁。
• She was put under house arrest at one stage in the late 1970s after Mao died, but survived.
  毛去世后，上世纪70年代末她一度遭到软禁，但挺了过来。
• I'm under house arrest.
  我可是在家庭软禁中。
• The director of the prison and three other officials have been placed under house arrest pending further investigations.
  监狱长和另外三名监狱官员已被警方控制，等待进一步调查。