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

• The prisoner was kept solitary confinement.
  那名囚犯被单独监禁。
• Solitary confinement does not involve any direct physical deprivation.
  单独监禁不涉及任何直接的物质剥夺。
• 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。
• 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。
• She had been held in solitary confinement for four months
  她被单独关押了4个月。
• Then he asked to be put into solitary confinement, where he spent many months, and he started to write songs.
  后来他要求单独拘禁，在那里待了几个月，并开始创作歌曲。
• My wife wired money abroad without my know-ledge, Mr Chen told the Financial Times from the prison where he is being held in solitary confinement.
  我妻子在我不知情的情况下往国外汇钱，陈水扁在被单独拘禁的监狱里对英国《金融时报》表示。
• An artificial space full of ugly machines, where you sweat through your paces in a horrible kind of solitary confinement.
  在这人造的空间里，满眼都是丑陋的机器，你在一种可怕的单身监禁状态下，亦步亦趋，汗流浃背。
• The jailers insisted that he had been placed in solitary confinement for his own protection.
  看守坚持说把他单独监禁是为了保护他。
• I spent the turn of the century in solitary confinement, in my windowless cell, amid the cries and moans of the medical ward.
  我在单人牢房里伴着病人般的尖叫和呻吟度过了世纪之交。