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detention n.滞留；拘留 (1) 滞留全班学生是不公平的。(2) 他在那个拘留所里被拘留了。(3) 我们对你儿子实行刑事拘留。(4) 他们被关在拘留营里直至战争结束。 If you're in detention, you probably did something wrong: you're being confined against your will. The police hold people in detention, and so do military forces. Usually, detention is a short period of confinement, like if someone is arrested and then released. Also, the word is commonly used for an after-school punishment for children who have to stay in detention instead of going home. One thing is true of both kinds of detention: no one wants to be there.

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英 [dɪ'tenʃn] 美 [dɪ'tenʃn] (1) The detention of the whole class was unfair.(2) He was detained in that house of detention.(3) We are placing your son in criminal detention.(4) They were put into detention camps for the duration. Detention is a word for confinement or imprisonment, usually for a short time. It's also a punishment where children must stay after school. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指出于政治原因的)拘留，扣押，监禁 Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.   [also N in pl]...the detention without trial of government critics...对政府批评者未经审讯的关押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。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。2[N-VAR 可变名词](惩罚顽皮学童的)放学后留校 Detention is a punishment for naughty schoolchildren, who are made to stay at school after the other children have gone home. The teacher kept the boys in detention after school.老师将这些男生课后留堂。

英语单词	detention
英美音标	英 [dɪ'tenʃn] 美 [dɪ'tenʃn]
中文释义	n.滞留；拘留
英语例句	(1) The detention of the whole class was unfair. (2) He was detained in that house of detention. (3) We are placing your son in criminal detention. (4) They were put into detention camps for the duration.
中文例句	(1) 滞留全班学生是不公平的。 (2) 他在那个拘留所里被拘留了。 (3) 我们对你儿子实行刑事拘留。 (4) 他们被关在拘留营里直至战争结束。
vocabulary简明	Detention is a word for confinement or imprisonment, usually for a short time. It's also a punishment where children must stay after school.
vocabulary扩展	If you're in detention, you probably did something wrong: you're being confined against your will. The police hold people in detention, and so do military forces. Usually, detention is a short period of confinement, like if someone is arrested and then released. Also, the word is commonly used for an after-school punishment for children who have to stay in detention instead of going home. One thing is true of both kinds of detention: no one wants to be there.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指出于政治原因的)拘留，扣押，监禁 Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons. [also N in pl] ...the detention without trial of government critics... 对政府批评者未经审讯的关押 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。 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。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词](惩罚顽皮学童的)放学后留校 Detention is a punishment for naughty schoolchildren, who are made to stay at school after the other children have gone home. The teacher kept the boys in detention after school. 老师将这些男生课后留堂。

Detention Punishment Children Stay Put Word Short School