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单词 detention
释义 detention
 /di ten"sheuhn/,  n.  
  1. the act of detaining.
  2. the state of being detained.
  3. maintenance of a person in custody or confinement, esp. while awaiting a court decision.
  4. the withholding of what belongs to or is claimed by another.
  adj.  
  5. of or pertaining to detention or used to detain: the detention room of a police station.
 [1400-50; late ME < L detention- (s. of detentio), equiv. to detent(us) detained (ptp. of detinere; see DETAIN) + -ion- -ION]
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