incarceration

英 [?n,kɑ?s?'re??(?)n] 美[?n,kɑrs?'re??n]

低頻詞

動詞:?incarcerate;

incarceration (n.): early 15c., "retention of pus," from Medieval Latin incarcerationem (nominative incarceratio), noun of action from past participle stem of incarcerare "to imprison," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + carcer "prison, an enclosed space," from Proto-Italic *kar-kr(o)-, of uncertain origin.
It seems best to connect carcer with other IE words for 'circle, round object', such as Latin. curvus, Gr. κιρκο? 'ring', OIc. hringr, although not all of these have a good IE etymology. The reduplication in Latin carcer could be iconic; thus, the original meaning would have been 'enclosure'. [de Vaan]

1. Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.: 她的母親被關在精神病院，這給她的童年蒙上了陰影。

2. He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration.: 在將近三年的監獄生活中,他變化不大.

3. Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration!: 請你, 請你將這顆心釋放出來吧! 否則它會因長期的禁閉而爆裂.

4. I have honestly been living that way since Ninoy's incarceration.: 自從尼諾被監禁以來,我確實一直是照這個方式生活的.

5. In Sierra Leone , by contrast, no one will mourn Mr Taylor's incarceration.: 不過在塞拉利昂, 卻沒有人會對泰勒先生的羈押感到難過惋惜.