| 单词 | detain |
| 释义 | detain (dɪteɪn ) Word forms: detains , detaining , detained 1. verb When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control. [formal] The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours. [VERB noun] He was arrested and detained for questioning. [VERB noun] Synonyms: hold, arrest, confine, restrain 2. verb To detain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them. [formal] Thank you. We won't detain you any further. [VERB noun] Synonyms: delay, keep, stop, hold up Collocations: detain a prisoner They also want all prisoners detained during the revolution to be released and for the repressive emergency law to be repealed. Times, Sunday Times Individual error was not always the main problem: in 15 per cent of cases police stations were simply understaffed to deal with the number of prisoners detained. Times, Sunday Times Prisoners detained in this building were also regularly threatened and insulted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Activists say that people have been arrested arbitrarily and detained indefinitely against their will. Times, Sunday Times He was sectioned and ordered to be detained indefinitely. The Sun The bill would instead allow families to be detained indefinitely. Times, Sunday Times An armed schoolboy gang leader, who treated the public transport system as a 'playground for crime', was detained indefinitely. Times, Sunday Times The consequences of this excuse were that those accused were detained indefinitely or until the medical authorities certified that it was safe to release them back into the community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And we must let police detain suspects for as long as they need. The Sun Some demand that police detain the missing person. Globe and Mail Police detained 70 people and 29 police were injured. Times, Sunday Times Police detained her for a while, and then she was questioned by state investigators. Times, Sunday Times Police detained two people, who denied any connection with the blast. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 拘留 Japanese: 拘束する |
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