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。
• A prisoner under house arrest.
  被软禁于家中的囚犯。
• 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。
• They placed their president under house arrest after the successful coup.
  他们在政变成功后将总统软禁了起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was reported under house arrest.
  据报道，他给软禁起来了。
• He was released from house arrest two years ago.
  他两年前被解除软禁。
• 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。