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

• 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。
• 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。
• South African singer Larry Joe found in solitary confinement the peace of mind he needed to develop his talent.
  南非歌手拉里•乔在单独监禁时通过开发自身才能从而使自己内心得以平静，而这正是他所需要的。
• Oh, I think you will grow to like them, captain. a day or two of solitary confinement should see to that.
  喔，我想你会喜欢它们的，上校。在经过一天或两天的禁闭之后你就会喜欢了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Taken away by the police, they were held in solitary confinement, without access to lawyers, family or reading matter, for weeks and sometimes for months.
  他们被警方带走，关押在单人牢房里长达数周（有时甚至是数月），不能接受律师和家人探访，也没有任何读物。
• 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）。
• He spent six years in jail, mostly in solitary confinement, until his conviction was overturned.
  六年监狱生活，安瓦尔大部分都是被单独关押，直到冤案平反。
• 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。