Internment is the practice of keeping people in prison-like camps during a war or for political reasons, without charging them with a crime. The people held are internees.

Internment is the practice of keeping people in prison-like camps during a war or for political reasons, without charging them with a crimeInternment是指在戰爭期間，或因為政治原因，把人關進像監獄一樣的營區裡，卻沒有正式起訴他們犯罪。The people held are internees被關的人叫做internees。

Governments have used internment when they were afraid of a whole group — not after a trial for each person. It is a formal, heavy word, used in history and in talk about human rights.

Governments have used internment when they were afraid of a whole group政府會在害怕整個群體的時候使用internment — not after a trial for each person而不是先對每個人分別審判過後才這麼做。It is a formal, heavy word這是一個正式、沉重的詞, used in history and in talk about human rights用在歷史和人權相關的討論裡。

A well-known example in US history is the internment of Japanese Americans in the Second World War.

A well-known example in US history美國歷史上一個有名的例子 is the internment of Japanese Americans in the Second World War就是二次大戰時對日裔美國人的internment拘禁。

The point of the word is the missing trial: internment is not quite the same as imprisonment after a court has found someone guilty.

The point of the word is the missing trial這個字的重點就在於「沒有審判」: internment is not quite the same as imprisonment after a court has found someone guiltyinternment跟法院判定有罪之後的imprisonment監禁，並不完全一樣。

Though actually, internment is not internship. Internship is the trainee job. Internment is being locked up. One extra syllable, a completely different life. Students who have only met intern as “實習生” walk straight into this trap.

Though actually不過其實, internment is not internshipinternment不是internship實習。Internship is the trainee jobInternship是實習生的工作。Internment is being locked upInternment是被關起來。One extra syllable, a completely different life多一個音節，就是完全不同的人生。Students who have only met intern as "實習生"只認識intern是「實習生」意思的學生 walk straight into this trap會直接踩進這個陷阱。