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detain

美[dɪ'teɪn]  英[dɪ'teɪn]
vt.  扣留;拘押;耽搁;延误
  名词:detainment  过去式:detained  过去分词:detained  现在分词:detaining  第三人称单数:detains
  近义词:delay,holdup,slowup,restrain,hold,confine,retard,keep,keepback,impede,hinder,arrest,keepincustody,capture,control,stay,apprehend,up,slow,free,liberate,

详细释义

n.(名词)
  1. <罕>拘留,滞留
v.(动词)
  1. 扣留,扣押,拘留,禁闭,拘押
  2. 留住,阻住,喊住,不让走,阻留,阻止
  3. 使耽搁
  4. 缠住,缠着...不放
  5. 拖,耽误,耽搁
  6. 逗留
  7. 抑制,制止

双解释义

v.(动词)
  1. vt. 使延迟; 耽搁 keep waiting; keep back; delay; retard; prevent from leaving or going forward
  2. vt. 拘留 confine
  3. vt. 查明,查出 discover the existence or presence of sb/sth, the identity of guilty of wrongdoing

英英释义

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"

组词搭配

~+名词
  1. detain the soldier扣押那士兵
~+副词
  1. detain sb long耽搁某人很长时间
  2. detain accidentally偶尔耽搁
  3. detain honorably光荣地查明
  4. detain successfully成功地查出
  5. detain unhappily不高兴地延迟
~+介词
  1. detain sb as hostage扣押某人做人质
  2. detain at a police station扣留在警察局里
  3. detain by business因公滞留
  4. detain sb for sth因…而拘留某人
  5. detain in quarantine留在港口进行检疫

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. You cannot detain the eagle in the forest.你没有法子将一只老鹰扣留在森林里。
  2. We shall have to detain him and question him.我们只好把他扣起来,讯问他一下。
  3. Allow me to detain you for a moment.请允许我耽搁你一会儿。
  4. This matter isn't very important, and shouldn't detain us very long.这事不很重要,不该耽搁我们很久。
  5. I was detained by an unexpected caller that morning.那天早晨我被一个突然的来访者缠住了。

词语用法

v.(动词)
    detain的基本意思是“使延迟”“使延误”,可用于出发、到达,也可用于某种想法的出现,也可表示由于各种理由而被滞留某地; 还可表示依法抓住并关押或监护起来。 detain是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,偶尔也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
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