vt. 1.留住，阻住。 2.扣留；拘留。 短语和例子 He was detained by business. 他因有事而留下了。 detain sb. as a suspect 把某人当做嫌疑犯而加以拘留。 n. -er 1. 阻留者。 2. 【法律】(财产的)非法占有；拘留，扣押；继续拘留指令。
cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn''t want to perform" 同义词：delay, hold up,
stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" 同义词：stay, delay,
deprive of freedom; take into confinement 同义词：confine,
例句与用法
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The campaign did not detain him long . 竞选时的问题并没有缠住他多久。
2.
My emissaries would certainly be detained . 我的密使一定会被扣留。
3.
I detained him as he was making a move . 他刚起步，我喊住了他。
4.
They're interned, you see, not detained . 你瞧，他们是被扣留，而不是拘留。
5.
We shall have to detain him and question him . 我们只好把他扣起来，讯问他一下。
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He is detained at a police station . 他被扣在警察局里。
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The question should not detain us . 我们无须为此自扰
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"no, no," cried the child, detaining him . “不成，不成，”那孩子叫了起来，留住他。
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Edred is detained by a case in white-hart vale . 艾德雷德在白鹿谷让一个病人给耽搁住了。
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