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

• 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。
• The prisoner was kept solitary confinement.
  那名囚犯被单独监禁。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm living in solitary confinement.
  我简直是独自生活在监狱里。
• The woman was diagnosed as clinically depressed after weeks of being kept in solitary confinement.
  这个女人在被单独禁闭了几星期后，被临床诊断为抑郁症。