house arrest

英 [ˌhaʊs əˈrest]

美 [ˌhaʊs əˈrest]

n.  软禁

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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。
• She was put under house arrest two years ago but remained a powerful symbol in last year's election.
  虽然两年前就已遭软禁，她在去年的选举中仍然是势力强大的代表人物。
• Many Supreme Court and Provincial High Court Justices are now effectively under house arrest.
  许多高等法院与暂时高级法院的法官都遭到软禁。
• I'm under house arrest.
  我可是在家庭软禁中。
• 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？
• Gadhafi's son Saadi is now under a kind of house arrest in the capital, Niamey.
  卡扎菲的儿子萨阿迪现在正在首都尼亚美处于软禁状态。
• No, I'm under house arrest for a while.
  不，我要被软禁在家一段时间。
• This week, Pakistani authorities banned a charity linked to the attacks and placed its leader under house arrest, Pakistan's information minister told CNN.
  巴基斯坦新闻官告诉本台记者，巴基斯坦已禁止了一个慈善团体与袭击者的联系，并软禁了该组织的领导人。
• 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。
• The police did not take her away, but she was put under house arrest until the time of her trial.
  警察没有把她带走，但是她被软禁了，等待审讯。