detain
- IPA[dɪˈteɪn]
英式
- keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention；keep (someone) in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in a politically sensitive situation
verb: detain, 3rd person present: detains, gerund or present participle: detaining, past tense: detained, past participle: detained
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention she made to open the door, but he detained her 同義詞
- ▪ keep (someone) in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in a politically sensitive situation she was detained without trial for two years
- ▪ officially seize and hold (goods) customs officers may detain goods for up to two days 同義詞 反義詞
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- IPA[dəˈtān]
美式
- keep (someone) from proceeding; hold back: she made to open the door, but he detained her
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