英语词汇“detainment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

detaindetain /dɪˈteɪn/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYdetain

Origin: 1400-1500 Old French detenir, from Latin detinere, from tenere to hold

VERB TABLE

detain

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	detain
	he, she, it	detains
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	detained
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have detained
	he, she, it	has detained
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had detained
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will detain
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have detained

Continuous Form
Present	I	am detaining
	he, she, it	is detaining
	you, we, they	are detaining
Past	I, he, she, it	was detaining
	you, we, they	were detaining
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been detaining
	he, she, it	has been detaining
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been detaining
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be detaining
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been detaining

1to officially prevent someone from leaving a place: Police detained two suspects for questioning.2formal to stop someone from leaving a place so that he or she has to stay longer than expected SYN delay: She was detained in Washington on urgent business.—detainment noun [uncountable]