detain的经典引文

1. 拘留，滞留

1. 扣留，扣押，拘留，禁闭，拘押
2. 留住，阻住，喊住，不让走，阻留，阻止
3. 使耽搁
4. 缠住，缠着...不放
5. 拖，耽误，耽搁
6. 逗留
7. 抑制，制止

1. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
2. stop or halt;

   "Please stay the bloodshed!"
   

3. 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"
   

1.拘留;扣押
When people such as the policedetain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.

e.g. The act allows police todetain a suspect for up to 48 hours...
该法令允许警方将嫌疑犯扣押最多48小时。
e.g. He was arrested and detained for questioning.
他遭到逮捕、拘留以接受问讯。

2.阻留;耽搁
Todetain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them.

e.g. Thank you. We won'tdetain you any further.
非常感谢。我们就不再耽搁您的时间了。

1. The accident detained us for an hour.
   那次意外事故使我们耽搁了一小时。
2. The bad weather detained us for several hours.
   恶劣的天气耽搁了我们几个小时。
3. This matter isn't very important, and shouldn't detain us very long.
   这件事情不很重要,不会耽搁我们太久。
4. As some urgent business detained him, he had to send his secretary on to the meeting.
   由于有急事缠身,他只得先派秘书去参加会议。
5. The police detained the suspect.
   警察拘留了嫌疑犯。
6. We shall be obliged to detain you here while we continue the investigation.
   在继续进行调查期间我们不得不把你扣留在这儿。
7. They have detained two men for questioning at the police station.
   他们将两个人扣留在警察局进行审讯。
8. The police detected a young woman in a dishonest act and detained her.
   警察发现那位年轻妇女在做不正当的事就把她拘留了。
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9. I was detained late in the factory.
   厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。
10. I was detained by a friend who called.
    我因一个朋友来访而受耽搁。
11. He told his wife that he had been detained in the office by unexpected callers.
    他告诉他的妻子他因不速之客来访而耽搁在办公室里。
12. He was detained by a flat tire on his way home.
    他在回家途中因车胎漏气而受到耽搁。
13. The boy was detained at school to extra work.
    这孩子课后被留在学校做额外作业。
14. The vessel is detained in quarantine.
    该船被留在港口进行检疫。

1. The teacher often detains the lazy pupils at school to do their homework.
   老师常把懒惰的学生留在学校完成他们的作业。

1. Three men were detained as suspects.
   有三个人被当作嫌疑犯拘留。
2. He was captured and detained as hostage in the castle.
   他被俘并扣押在城堡里做人质。

• detain the soldier扣押那士兵

• detain sb long耽搁某人很长时间
• detain accidentally偶尔耽搁
• detain honorably光荣地查明
• detain successfully成功地查出
• detain unhappily不高兴地延迟

• detain sb as hostage扣押某人做人质
• detain at a police station扣留在警察局里
• detain by business因公滞留
• detain sb for sth因…而拘留某人
• detain in quarantine留在港口进行检疫

detain, apprehend, arrest, attach

这组词都有依法逮捕、拘押、监禁的意思,其区别是：

arrest可用于刑事案件,也可用于民事案件,如债务等; 而apprehend只用于刑事案件; attach常指因逃脱而扣押或查封,用于人时也只指将其拘留到法庭出庭作证; detain则是为了询问或审查而拘留或监护,不是严格的法律术语。

detain, delay, retard, slacken, slow

这组词都可表示“使某人〔事〕落后于”原计划的安排或通常的进展速度。它们之间的区别是:delay主要指因某事的干扰而妨碍按时完成或到达; detain主要指耽误时间,不能按时到达或离开,也可指不能完成想完成的事情; retard主要指减慢运动、进步速度; slow常与up或down连用,指降低进步的速度,强调主观的意图和目的性; slacken侧重某种松弛〔懈〕。例如:

I was detained late in the factory.厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。

Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。

His bad leg slows him down a lot.他那条受伤的腿使他的速度大受影响。

Don't slacken your efforts when the job is only half done.工作只做到一半时可别松劲。

detain, keep

这组词都有“留住,耽搁”的意思。其区别在于:

1.detain尤指警察进行“拘留”,一般指“留住,耽搁”时,常含有强迫之意; keep多用于口语中。

2.detain比keep语气重,且更正式。