detain

di'tein

六级考研托福雅思GRE Collins 2

v deprive of freedom; take into confinement
v stop or halt
v cause to be slowed down or delayed

vt. 扣留, 扣押, 耽搁
[法] 拘留, 扣押, 留住

Collins 星级

6,059

BNC 频率

7,558

使用频率

detain 由前缀 de- 和词根 tain 组成。 tain 来源于拉丁语 tenere，意为保持或抓住。结合起来，detain 的意思是保持在某处或拘留。

例句

1. The police decided to detain the suspect for further questioning.

警方决定拘留嫌疑人以进行进一步询问。

2. She was detained at the airport because of a missing visa.

她在机场被拘留，因为缺少签证。

3. The teacher had to detain the students after class for being noisy.

老师不得不在课后留住学生，因为他们太吵了。