| 单词 | incommunicado |
| 释义 | incommunicado From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishincommunicadoin‧com‧mu‧ni‧ca‧do /ˌɪnkəmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ adverb, adjectiveTALK TO SB#if you are incommunicado, you are in a place where other people cannot speak to youHe is reportedly being held incommunicado at a military prison.Examples from the Corpusheld incommunicado• When Findlay arrived at the police station the superintendent ordered that he be held incommunicado.• After he had been held incommunicado for a month his family were allowed to visit him and found him in good health.• The prisoners have been held incommunicado for eighteen years.Origin incommunicado (1800-1900) Spanish incomunicado, past participle of incomunicar “to make it impossible to communicate” |
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