美[?m'pr?znm?nt] 1 . We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.
我們被禁止使用母語，違者將被關進監獄。
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2 . She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.
她因投毒和謀殺未遂被判20年監禁。
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3 . In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment .
1977年，他被判謀殺罪名成立，判處終身監禁。
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4 . He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment .
他被判鞭笞和終身監禁。
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5 . He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.
他因藐視法庭面臨監禁。
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1.putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
2.the state of being imprisoned;
he was held in captivity until he died
3.the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
