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solitary confinement

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌsolitary conˈfinement noun [uncountable]  SCJa punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone and is not allowed to see anyone else 〔对囚犯的〕单独监禁in solitary confinement He spent more than half his time in prison in solitary confinement. 他在狱中多半时间是被单独监禁的。
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solitary confinementThere is plenty of evidence, too, that orangs kept in cramped solitary confinement become not only bored but mentally sick.Mordechai Vanunu continues to be held in solitary confinement in Ashkelon prison.Xi is in solitary confinement, allowed only monthly visits with his father.I spent the vast majority of my time in solitary confinement.My days of solitary confinement were over.Fry opposed the penal reformers' prevailing orthodoxy of solitary confinement.I read once that nobody can stand more than ten years in prison, or more than one year of solitary confinement.
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solitary confinement
ˌsolitary conˈfinement noun [uncountable]
a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone and is not allowed to see anyone else
    in solitary confinement
    He spent more than half his time in prison in solitary confinement.


solitary confinementBrE /ˌsɒlətri kənˈfaɪnmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɑːləteri kənˈfaɪnmənt/ 🔊 (also informal soli·tary) noun [uncountable] a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone in a separate cell 单独监禁;单独禁闭to be in solitary confinement被单独监禁