学个词Learn a Word 第332期 House arrest

今天我们要学的词是house arrest。 House arrest, 是软禁的意思。"Pakistan's government placed former prime¹ minister Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for seven days," 巴基斯坦政府对前总理布托实行了七天的软禁。"This is the second time she was put under house arrest in less than a week," 这是不到一周来布托第二次被软禁。

"While under house arrest, she called on President Pervez Musharraf to resign," 软禁期间，布托要求穆沙拉夫总统辞职。好的，今天我们学习的词是house arrest...

 

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adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。