| 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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