incarceration是什么意思

n. 监禁；下狱；禁闭

英文词源

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. κιρκος '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.: 她的母亲被关在精神病院，这给她的童年蒙上了阴影。

2. He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration.: 在将近三年的监狱生活中,他变化不大.

3. Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration!: 请你, 请你将这颗心释放出来吧! 否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂.

4. I have honestly been living that way since Ninoy's incarceration.: 自从尼诺被监禁以来,我确实一直是照这个方式生活的.

5. In Sierra Leone , by contrast, no one will mourn Mr Taylor's incarceration.: 不过在塞拉利昂, 却没有人会对泰勒先生的羁押感到难过惋惜.