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detain vt.扣留；拘押；耽搁；延误 (1) 你没有法子将一只老鹰扣留在森林里。(2) 我们只好把他扣起来，讯问他一下。(3) 请允许我耽搁你一会儿。(4) 这事不很重要，不该耽搁我们很久。(5) 那天早晨我被一个突然的来访者缠住了。 There are lots of words that contain the root tain, like contain and retain. These come from Latin tenere, which means "to hold." Detain is specifically used when you're talking about holding someone so they can't go anywhere. It's often used in discussions involving the police who detain people who they think might be guilty. But you can use detain, say, when you're explaining why you were late: "I was detained at the office by a conference call that wouldn't end. Sorry."

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英 [dɪ'teɪn] 美 [dɪ'teɪn] (1) You cannot detain the eagle in the forest.(2) We shall have to detain him and question him.(3) Allow me to detain you for a moment.(4) This matter isn't very important, and shouldn't detain us very long.(5) I was detained by an unexpected caller that morning. When you detain someone, you hold them back, slow them down, or stop them from moving on. If you are detained by the police, you may be late for the big football game, even if you were speeding to get there by the kickoff. 1[VERB 动词]拘留；扣押 When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours...该法令允许警方将嫌疑犯扣押最多48小时。He was arrested and detained for questioning.他遭到逮捕、拘留以接受问讯。2[VERB 动词]阻留；耽搁 To detain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]Thank you. We won't detain you any further.非常感谢。我们就不再耽搁您的时间了。

英语单词	detain
英美音标	英 [dɪ'teɪn] 美 [dɪ'teɪn]
中文释义	vt.扣留；拘押；耽搁；延误
英语例句	(1) You cannot detain the eagle in the forest. (2) We shall have to detain him and question him. (3) Allow me to detain you for a moment. (4) This matter isn't very important, and shouldn't detain us very long. (5) I was detained by an unexpected caller that morning.
中文例句	(1) 你没有法子将一只老鹰扣留在森林里。 (2) 我们只好把他扣起来，讯问他一下。 (3) 请允许我耽搁你一会儿。 (4) 这事不很重要，不该耽搁我们很久。 (5) 那天早晨我被一个突然的来访者缠住了。
vocabulary简明	When you detain someone, you hold them back, slow them down, or stop them from moving on. If you are detained by the police, you may be late for the big football game, even if you were speeding to get there by the kickoff.
vocabulary扩展	There are lots of words that contain the root tain, like contain and retain. These come from Latin tenere, which means "to hold." Detain is specifically used when you're talking about holding someone so they can't go anywhere. It's often used in discussions involving the police who detain people who they think might be guilty. But you can use detain, say, when you're explaining why you were late: "I was detained at the office by a conference call that wouldn't end. Sorry."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]拘留；扣押 When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours... 该法令允许警方将嫌疑犯扣押最多48小时。 He was arrested and detained for questioning. 他遭到逮捕、拘留以接受问讯。 2 [VERB 动词]阻留；耽搁 To detain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] Thank you. We won't detain you any further. 非常感谢。我们就不再耽搁您的时间了。

Detain Detained Police Means Talking People Verb 动词