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

• 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。
• He has been under house arrest since February.
  自今年2月开始，他一直处于软禁之中。
• A prisoner under house arrest.
  被软禁于家中的囚犯。
• 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。
• He was under house arrest until the day of his trial.
  直到受审之日为止，他一直被软禁着。
• He was reported under house arrest.
  据报道，他给软禁起来了。
• 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？
• No, I'm under house arrest for a while.
  不，我要被软禁在家一段时间。
• 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。