| 正面 | 6773.detention 英 [dɪ'tenʃ(ə)n]美 [dɪ'tɛnʃən]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. de- "down" + tent- "hold, keep" + -ion.2. => hold sb/sth down, keep sb/sth down.3.也就是咱们常说的：留住，留下来；因此这里使用表示“down”的词根也就再正常不过了。4. 咱们常说把某人留下来，也就是将其留住嘛！n. 拘留；延迟；挽留 例句： 1. 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。 detention 扣押词源同detain, 扣押。 detention (n.)mid-15c., from Middle French détention (13c.), from Late Latin detentionem (nominative detentio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin detinere (see detain). Sense of "confinement" used by 1570s (in reference to Mary Queen of Scots). In reference to school punishment, recorded from 1882." |