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detention

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n.拘留,禁闭,阻止,滞留,留堂

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tain,ten,tin=to hold,to keep(安静)

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detention


/dɪ'tenʃn; dɪ`tɛnʃən/
n [U]
(a) detaining or being detained, esp in prison 阻止; 滞留; 拘留; (尤指)监禁
*detention without trial 未经审判的关押.
(b) punishment of being kept at school after it has closed 课後留校的惩罚
*be given two hours' detention 被罚留校两小时.

detention


n
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: detentio, from detentus, past participle of detinere; DETAIN]
[U]
the state of being kept in prison
in detention
 Willis was held in detention for five years.
[U and C]
a punishment in which children who have behaved badly are forced to stay at school for a short time after the others have gone home
in detention
 She was always getting put in detention .