internment 英 [ɪn'tɜ:nmənt]   美 [ɪnˈtənmənt]

internment

internment  英 [ɪn'tɜ:nmənt] 美 [ɪnˈtənmənt]

n. 拘留;收容 

名词复数:internments 

Two-thirds of those that were put in the internment camps were American citizens, and decades later the American government finally apologized. 被关在拘留营的日本人中有三分之二为美国公民,几十年后美国政府最终作出道歉。

  • Internment means putting a person in prison or other kind of detention, generally in wartime. During World War II, the American government put Japanese-Americans in internment camps, fearing they might be loyal to Japan.
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  • n. 拘留;收容
  • 1. Two-thirds of those that were put in the internment camps were American citizens, and decades later the American government finally apologized.

    被关在拘留营的日本人中有三分之二为美国公民,几十年后美国政府最终作出道歉。

  • internment (n.) 1840, "confinement within a place," from intern (v.1) + -ment. Compare French internement. Internment camp is attested from 1916.
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