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

• The opposition leader have be under house arrest for six year
  反对党领袖被软禁了6年
• The director of the prison and three other officials have been placed under house arrest pending further investigations.
  监狱长和另外三名监狱官员已被警方控制，等待进一步调查。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is standard procedure for someone who's under house arrest.
  对一个被软禁的人这么做是正常程序。
• 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。
• He was released from house arrest two years ago.
  他两年前被解除软禁。
• Often during my days of house arrest it felt as though I were no longer a part of the real world.
  我被软禁期间，我常常觉得自己不再是这个真实世界的一部分。
• Galileo, a supporter of Copernicanism, was not so fortunate, ending up under house arrest under suspicion of heresy.
  而哥白尼学说的支持者伽利略（galileo）就没有那么幸运了，由于被怀疑提出异端邪说，他在软禁中终其一生。
• If you're under house arrest, why aren't you home?
  如果你被软禁在家，为什么你不在家？