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

• They say she is suffering from an unspecified medical condition and have placed her under house arrest.
  他们称其遇到了健康情况，但是对病因未加详细说明，所以允许她在家中服刑。
• Your honor, while we certainly agree to house arrest.
  大人，我们当然同意家庭禁锢了。
• This is standard procedure for someone who's under house arrest.
  对一个被软禁的人这么做是正常程序。
• He was again forbidden to publish and required to live practically under house arrest.
  他再度被禁止发表东西，而且被迫度着实际上是软禁的生活。
• 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。
• She was put under house arrest two years ago but remained a powerful symbol in last year's election.
  虽然两年前就已遭软禁，她在去年的选举中仍然是势力强大的代表人物。
• 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。
• Strauss-Kahn was placed under house arrest and quit his job as head of the International Monetary Fund.
  斯特劳斯.卡恩因此受到软禁，并且辞去国际货币基金总裁的职位。
• I'm under house arrest.
  我可是在家庭软禁中。