If people are incarcerated, they are kept in a prison or other place.
例句
They were incarcerated for the duration of the war...戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間,他們被關(guān)在獄中。It can cost $40,000 to $50,000 to incarcerate a prisoner for a year.監(jiān)禁一名囚犯一年要花費(fèi) 4 萬(wàn)到 5 萬(wàn)美元。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial""the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"