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 government is devising a plan to liberate prisoners held in detention camps.
  政府计划释放关押在拘留营内的囚犯。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
  他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
• Local police declined to comment on the reasons for her detention or the conditions of her release.
  当地警方拒绝对她被拘留的原因以及她获释的条件发表评论。
• I'm not in detention. I work here.
  我没有被留堂，我只是在这里工作。
• The emergency preventive detention of dangerous persons.
  对危险人物的紧急预防性拘留。
• Jails and temporary detention camps are overflowing
  监狱和临时拘留所里人满为患。
• She was remanded to juvenile detention at her arraignment yesterday.
  她昨天被送回了对少年拘留在她的传讯。
• Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
  随意逮捕和拘留屡见不鲜。
• His arrest and detention was an infringement of his civil liberties.
  他的被捕和拘留是对他的公民自由的侵犯。
• I suggested extending detention periods for drug offenders.
  我建议应该延长对毒品涉案人员的拘留时间。