in·com·mu·ni·ca·do
adjective/ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ/
/ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ/
- without communicating with other people, because you are not allowed to or because you do not want to
不允许与他人接触;不愿与他人接触 - The prisoner has been held incommunicado for more than a week.
这名囚犯已被单独囚禁了一个多星期。 - She spent her fortieth birthday incommunicado, in Scotland.
她在苏格兰与世隔绝地度过了四十岁生日。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIncommunicado is used with these nouns:- detention
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Spanish incomunicado, past participle of incomunicar ‘deprive of communication’. - The prisoner has been held incommunicado for more than a week.