imprisonment
imprisonment は英検準1級レベルの英単語で、「投獄、監禁」という意味があります。発音記号は /ɪmˈprɪzənmənt/ です。
意味一覧 (2件)
投獄
解説 Definition
投獄とは、犯罪人を刑務所に入れて自由を奪う懲罰です。法的に科される罰の一形態です。
Imprisonment is the state of being put in prison, or the punishment of sending someone to prison. It is mainly used in legal and criminal justice contexts. The word often refers to a period of time spent in jail or prison.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
imprisonment は prison「刑務所」を中心に、imprison「刑務所へ入れる」＋ -ment「行為・状態」と分けると覚えやすい名詞です。法的な罰として人を刑務所に入れ、自由を奪う「投獄」を表します。sentence someone to imprisonment, life imprisonment, years of imprisonment のように、裁判・刑罰・刑期の文脈でよく使われます。単に閉じ込めるより、法律上の処罰を意識します。
Look for `prison` inside `imprisonment`. `Imprison` means to put someone in prison, and `-ment` turns the action or state into a noun. Learn it with legal phrases like `life imprisonment` and `sentence someone to imprisonment`.
例文
Imprisonment is a serious punishment for crimes.
投獄は犯罪に対する深刻な罰です。
The judge sentenced him to five years of imprisonment.
判事は彼に5年の投獄を言い渡しました。
Many people oppose life imprisonment without parole.
多くの人は仮釈放なしの終身刑に反対しています。
監禁
(意味 2)解説 Definition
imprisonment は、人を一定の場所に閉じ込めて自由に出られない状態にすることを表します。刑務所に限らず、部屋・建物・施設などに閉じ込められる状況にも使われ、被害や人権侵害を述べる文脈でよく出ます。
Imprisonment means keeping a person in a place so that they cannot leave freely. It can refer to being put in prison as a punishment, but it is also used more broadly for being locked in a room, building, or other place. The word often appears in contexts about crime, abuse, or violations of human rights.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
imprisonment の中心には prison「牢・刑務所」があります。imprison は「中へ入れて閉じ込める」と考え、-ment が付くとその行為や状態を表す名詞になります。ここでの「監禁」は、刑罰として刑務所に入れる「投獄」だけでなく、部屋や施設に閉じ込めて自由を奪う広い意味です。confinement や captivity と近く、unlawful imprisonment のように不法に自由を奪う文脈で覚えると区別しやすいです。
Focus on the middle part, prison, which means a jail or a place where someone is kept. Imprison means "put into prison" or more generally "shut someone in," and -ment turns it into the act or state. Remember that imprisonment can mean not only legal jailing but also the wider idea of taking away someone's freedom by locking them in a room or facility.
例文
The court said the crime was serious enough to deserve imprisonment.
裁判所は、その犯罪は監禁に値するほど重大だと述べた。
She spoke publicly about her unlawful imprisonment in a private facility.
彼女は民間施設での不法な監禁について公に語った。
The report condemned the imprisonment of civilians during the conflict.
その報告書は、紛争中の民間人の監禁を非難した。
imprisonment の語源・成り立ち Etymology
imprisonmentはim-「中へ」+ prison「牢」+ -ment「こと」から成り、古フランス語経由でラテン語系にさかのぼります。prisonやprisoner、さらにapprehendと同じ「つかむ」系の核を思うと、単に閉じ込めるのでなく「捕らえて中に入れること」だと見えてきます。
Imprisonment is built from im- meaning "into," prison, and the noun ending -ment. Prison came through Old French from Latin-based forms connected with the idea of seizing or holding. So the word developed from the idea of putting someone into custody to the state or act of being kept in prison.
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