durance

英 ['djʊərəns] 美 ['djʊrəns]

• n. 监禁；禁锢

英英释义

Noun:

1. imprisonment (especially for a long time)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There should be a durance vile for justices who use an argument as weak as the one the majority used.
   如果法官的辩论象大多数人那样软弱无力，他就该受监禁的惩罚。
2. If a person hasn't formed reading habit, he is in durance of his small world around him when taking time and space into account.
   那个没有养成读书习惯的人,以时间和空间而言,是被他眼前的世界所禁锢的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• constraint 约束
• bondage 奴役