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词汇 house-arrest
释义 house arrest
noun
uk /ˈhaʊs əˌrest/ us /ˈhaʊs əˌrest/
 under house arrest
legally forced to stay in your house as if in prison: 被软禁在家
be put/placed under house arrestThe opposition leader has just been put/placed under house arrest.反对党领导人刚被软禁在家中。
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house arrest
noun[ U ]
us/ˈhɑʊs əˌrest/
the legal act of forcing someone to stay at home instead of in a prison:
Kitty’s father was placed under house arrest.

Examples of house arrest


house arrest
He was under housearrest for some small misdemeanour.
He had never been the "mover of masses," and his housearrest between 1954 and 1965 did not leave him much opportunity to touch base with members.
Because children working abroad normally return for only occasional short visits, older people believe that they should go and stay with them for extended periods, despite boredom and 'housearrest'.
Not only is his oeuvre relatively small but the bulk of it was produced during periods of enforced political inactivity while in detention or under housearrest.
Many people who are viewed as political dissidents are placed under housearrest and surveillance.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
She has already been freed before and then put under housearrest again.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
She has been under housearrest since 1989.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It is certainly not an undisturbed election if the leaders of the other political parties are under housearrest or in jail.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
So we are going to lock up or put under housearrest asylum seekers to prevent public order problems.
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They are in the situation of housearrest.
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That becomes a form of housearrest if they receive no support.
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The alternative course was to consider whether there should be substituted for detention some system of control approximating to housearrest.
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No one is condemning anyone to housearrest.
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Tagging is a form of part-time housearrest only.
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It is absolutely unacceptable for her to be under housearrest.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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