詞彙精選：imprison的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
關押，監禁；束縛，禁錮 [T]
例句：
The local priest was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
當地牧師由於受到煽動反對政府的指控而被監禁18個月。
例句：
Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement.
荷蘭殖民當局因他參加獨立運動而把他關押了起來。
二、詞義辨析：
confine,imprison,jail
這些動詞均含“監禁”之意。confine指監禁或幽禁；也指任何使行動受到限制的行爲。imprison較正式用詞，多指較長時間的監禁。jail(英國用gaol)多指審判之間的拘禁或對罪行較輕的罪犯的監禁。
三、參考例句：
They don't usually imprison first offenders.
他們通常不監禁初次犯罪的人。
You may imprison my body, actually could not fetter my mind.
你可以禁錮我的身體，卻束縛不了我的心靈。
We have interceded with the authorities on behalf of people unfair imprison there.
我們代表含冤繫獄的人向當局求情。
But does anyone truly believe that the situation in Libya would be better if Qaddafi had been allowed to kill, imprison, or brutalize his people into submission
但是，任何人是否真的認爲，如果讓卡扎菲任意殺戮、囚禁或用殘暴手段制服人民，利比亞的局勢會更好？
