detention

英 [dɪˈtenʃn]

美 [dɪˈtenʃn]

n.  拘留; 扣押; 监禁; 放学后留校，留堂(处罚学生)

复数：detentions　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6134 / COCA.6676

牛津词典

noun

• 拘留；扣押；监禁
  the state of being kept in a place, especially a prison, and prevented from leaving
  1. a sentence of 12 months' detention in a young offender institution
     在青少年教养院拘禁12个月的判决
  2. police powers of arrest and detention
     警方的逮捕和拘留权
  3. allegations of torture and detention without trial
     未经审判即实施严刑拷问和关押的指控
  4. a detention camp
     拘留营
• 放学后留校，留堂（处罚学生）
  the punishment of being kept at school for a time after other students have gone home
  1. They can't give me (a) detention for this.
     他们不可能因为这事罚我课后留下来。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (尤指出于政治原因的)拘留，扣押，监禁
  Detentionis when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
  1. ...the detention without trial of government critics...
     对政府批评者未经审讯的关押
  2. They have been held in detention since the end of June...
     他们从6月底以来就一直受到监禁。
  3. The government says the detentions are necessary on national security grounds.
     政府称，出于国家安全的考虑，将这些人羁押是必要的。
• N-VAR (惩罚顽皮学童的)放学后留校
  Detentionis a punishment for naughty schoolchildren, who are made to stay at school after the other children have gone home.
  1. The teacher kept the boys in detention after school.
     老师将这些男生课后留堂。

英英释义

noun

• a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
  1. the detention of tardy pupils
• a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
  1. his detention was politically motivated
  2. the prisoner is on hold
  3. he is in the custody of police
  Synonym:detainmentholdcustody

双语例句

• The emergency preventive detention of dangerous persons.
  对危险人物的紧急预防性拘留。
• They were released after several hours of detention and questioning.
  他们被扣押和侦讯数小时之后才被释放。
• I'm not in detention. I work here.
  我没有被留堂，我只是在这里工作。
• In china, the principal penalties are public surveillance, detention, fixed-time imprisonment, life imprisonment and death.
  我国的主要刑罚是管制，拘役，有期徒刑，无期徒刑和死刑。
• The government says the detentions are necessary on national security grounds.
  政府称，出于国家安全的考虑，将这些人羁押是必要的。
• The judicial organs have adopted vigorous measures to prevent and contain extended detention.
  司法机关采取有力措施预防和遏制超期羁押。
• He was detained in that house of detention.
  他在那个拘留所里被拘留了。
• Arrest and detention of officials;
  工作人员被逮捕和拘留；
• The teacher kept the boys in detention after school.
  老师将这些男生课后留堂。
• I have a plan and Zhao and then to the detention of those interrogation rooms to Wenzhou boss.
  我和赵军谋划了一下，然后往关押着那个温州老板的审讯室去。