Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose?

如果不是出于某种恶毒的目的，为什么把整村人囚禁起来？

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel.

从传统意义上来说，这并不是一个旅馆，而是变成了旅馆的整个村庄。

《牛津词典》

Close upon the hour of noon the whole village was suddenly electrified with the ghastly news.

近中午时分，这可怕的消息震惊了全村人。

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"The spirit is high, back to normal," "The whole village has pulled together to help each other.

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"It's a very dangerous situation because in some cases the whole village becomes Muslim, " he says.

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For these two days the whole village is transformed into one open, welcoming space.

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So when a Grameen-backed phone entrepreneur sets up shop, the whole village is suddenly connected to the outside world.

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