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'm living in solitary confinement.
  我简直是独自生活在监狱里。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The state of being in solitary confinement. 'Why am I confined alone?'
  单独监禁处于被单独限制起来的状态我为什么要单独监禁？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。