When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
例句
The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours...該法令允許警方將嫌疑犯扣押最多48小時。He was arrested and detained for questioning.他遭到逮捕、拘留以接受問訊。
VERB
阻留;耽擱
To detain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them.
例句
Thank you. We won't detain you any further.非常感謝。我們就不再耽擱您的時間了。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
留住, 耽擱
The bad weather detained us for several hours.惡劣的天氣耽擱了我們幾個小時。The teacher often detains the lazy pupils at school to do their homework.老師常把懶惰的學生留在學校寫作業。
拘留, 扣留
They have detained two men for questioning at the police station.他們將兩個人扣留在警察局準備審訊。Three men were detained as suspects.有三人被當做嫌疑犯拘留。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
2. stop or halt;
"Please stay the bloodshed!"
3. cause to be slowed down or delayed;
"Traffic was delayed by the bad weather""she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"