The former military ruler of Lesotho has been placed under house arrest.
莱索托前军事统治者已被软禁了。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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Through the open window I saw my schoolmates already in their places. The master was walking up and down the room with the iron rulerunder his arm and a book in his hand.
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.