incarcerate
UK [ɪn'kɑ:.sər.eɪt] US [-'kɑ:r.sə.reɪt] verb transitive formal
■to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison 监禁；禁闭•Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or incarcerated.成千上万持不同政见者被审问或监禁。 ■to keep someone in a closed place and prevent them from leaving it 困住•We were incarcerated in that broken elevator for four hours.我们被困在发生故障的电梯中长达四小时。 |