监禁 (jiān jìn) — to imprison, to jail (especially as a legal punishment)
Definition
Formal/legal verb meaning 'to imprison' as an official court-ordered punishment. Unlike 坐牢 (zuò láo, colloquial) or 服刑 (fúxíng, serve a sentence), 监禁 names the legal penalty itself.
verb
to imprisonto jail (especially as a legal punishment)
Examples
- 监禁。Tā yīn wèi fàn zuì bèi jiān jìn le shí nián.He was imprisoned for ten years for committing a crime.
- 监禁。Zhè ge guó jiā fǎ lǜ duì tān wū fàn shí xíng zhōng shēn jiān jìn.This country's law imposes life imprisonment on embezzlers.
- 监禁。Tā bèi fǎ yuàn pàn chǔ wǔ nián jiān jìn.He was sentenced by the court to five years' imprisonment.
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