detention
detention 英 [dɪˈtenʃn] 美 [dɪˈtɛnʃən]
n. 拘留；扣押
名词复数:detentions
- Detention is a word for confinement or imprisonment, usually for a short time. It's also a punishment where children must stay after school.
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- n. 拘留；扣押
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1. police powers of arrest and detention
警方的逮捕和拘留权
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2. a detention camp
拘留营
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3. They can't give me a detention for this.
他们不能因为这事罚我课后留下来。(滞留)
- 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.
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