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 萬到 5 萬美元。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the state of being imprisoned;
"he was held in captivity until he died""the imprisonment of captured soldiers""his ignominious incarceration in the local jail""he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"