禁锢

禁锢 [jìn gù]

1. ■ （禁止异己做官） debar from holding office (in feudal times)

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常用词组

1. ■ （监禁） keep in custody; imprison; put in jail

2. ■ （强力限制; 束缚） confine; shackle:

被旧习惯所禁锢 be confined by old customs;

冲破旧框框的禁锢 break through the shackles of the old conventions;

过去日本妇女被禁锢在家里。 In the old days Japanese women were confined to the household.

历代封建统治阶级都力图用礼教把妇女禁锢起来。 All through the feudal ages the ruling class did their best to shackle women with Confucian ethics.