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detained

/dih-teyn/US // dɪˈteɪn //UK // (dɪˈteɪn) //

被拘留的,受阻的,被拘押的,被拘留的人

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
    • : to keep under restraint or in custody.
    • : Obsolete. to keep back or withhold, as from a person.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbhold, keep back; arrest

Examples

  • She was being detained to be taken to the hospital, from where she was later released.

  • “We reiterate our call for his immediate and unconditional release as well as the release of all those wrongfully detained for exercising their rights,” the statement added.

  • Officers detained him and placed a spit hood over his head while he was naked in the middle of the street.

  • In June 2020 in Texas, police briefly detained Taylor Bechtol, a 29-year-old former Air Force staff sergeant and munitions loader with the 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit.

  • Myanmar military seizes power in coup after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi Suu Kyi’s godlike status drove her Myanmar election win.

  • Kadyrov had promised to detain Muslim women wearing veils that cover their faces.

  • Still, Israel is not the only country to detain refugee applicants.

  • They find a few ounces of meth in the car and detain him for twenty four hours.

  • Senator Marco Rubio asks "Why shouldn't we have a place to take people that we detain--like Guantanamo?"

  • They will detain them and begin the process of removal—which is what federal law theoretically calls for in the first place.

  • She waved a dissenting hand, and went on, paying no further heed to their renewed cries which sought to detain her.

  • There is little to detain one within the city of Leeds itself, but there are many places of interest in its immediate vicinity.

  • Guildford might well detain for a day or more anyone whose time will permit him to travel more leisurely than ours did.

  • He made no attempt to detain Jessie, who passed down the street with her cheeks flaming.

  • This city, although of considerable size, is comparatively modern and has little to detain tourists.