house arrest

英 [ˌhaʊs əˈrest]

美 [ˌhaʊs əˈrest]

n.  软禁

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 软禁
  the state of being a prisoner in your own house rather than in a prison
  1. to be under house arrest
     遭到软禁
  2. She was placed under house arrest .
     她遭到了软禁。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （因涉嫌参与违法活动而遭到的）（本宅）软禁
  If someone isunder house arrest, they are officially ordered not to leave their home, because they are suspected of being involved in an illegal activity.
  1. The main opposition leaders had been arrested or placed under house arrest...
     主要反对派领导人都已经遭到逮捕或软禁。
  2. He was released from house arrest two years ago.
     他两年前被解除软禁。

英英释义

noun

• confinement to your own home

双语例句

• Strauss-Kahn was placed under house arrest and quit his job as head of the International Monetary Fund.
  斯特劳斯.卡恩因此受到软禁，并且辞去国际货币基金总裁的职位。
• He was reported under house arrest.
  据报道，他给软禁起来了。
• He was put under house arrest in 1978 and imprisoned a year later.
  1978年，他被软禁，一年之后又被关进监狱。
• He was again forbidden to publish and required to live practically under house arrest.
  他再度被禁止发表东西，而且被迫度着实际上是软禁的生活。
• Nearly one hundred of them were subsequently tried, convicted and imprisoned. He was under house arrest until the day of his trial.
  其中近100人后来受到审讯、判刑和监禁。直到受审之日为止，他一直被软禁着。
• They say she is suffering from an unspecified medical condition and have placed her under house arrest.
  他们称其遇到了健康情况，但是对病因未加详细说明，所以允许她在家中服刑。
• He was released from house arrest two years ago.
  他两年前被解除软禁。
• A prisoner under house arrest.
  被软禁于家中的囚犯。
• She was put under house arrest at one stage in the late 1970s after Mao died, but survived.
  毛去世后，上世纪70年代末她一度遭到软禁，但挺了过来。
• No, I'm under house arrest for a while.
  不，我要被软禁在家一段时间。