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单词 detain
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detain


de·tain

D0168600 (dĭ-tān′)tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard: Our friends were detained by heavy traffic.2. To keep in custody or confinement: The police detained several suspects for questioning.3. Archaic To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example).
[Middle English deteinen, from Old French detenir, from Vulgar Latin *dētenīre, from Latin dētinēre : dē-, de- + tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
de·tain′ment n.

detain

(dɪˈteɪn) vb (tr) 1. to delay; hold back; stop2. (Law) to confine or hold in custody; restrain3. archaic to retain or withhold[C15: from Old French detenir, from Latin dētinēre to hold off, keep back, from de- + tenēre to hold] deˈtainable adj detainee n deˈtainment n

de•tain

(dɪˈteɪn)

v.t. 1. to keep from proceeding; delay. 2. to keep under restraint. 3. Obs. to withhold. [1480–90; < Old French detenir « Latin dētinēe=dē- de- + -tinēre, from tenēre to hold] de•tain′a•ble, adj. de•tain′ment, n.

detain


Past participle: detained
Gerund: detaining
Imperative
detain
detain
Present
I detain
you detain
he/she/it detains
we detain
you detain
they detain
Preterite
I detained
you detained
he/she/it detained
we detained
you detained
they detained
Present Continuous
I am detaining
you are detaining
he/she/it is detaining
we are detaining
you are detaining
they are detaining
Present Perfect
I have detained
you have detained
he/she/it has detained
we have detained
you have detained
they have detained
Past Continuous
I was detaining
you were detaining
he/she/it was detaining
we were detaining
you were detaining
they were detaining
Past Perfect
I had detained
you had detained
he/she/it had detained
we had detained
you had detained
they had detained
Future
I will detain
you will detain
he/she/it will detain
we will detain
you will detain
they will detain
Future Perfect
I will have detained
you will have detained
he/she/it will have detained
we will have detained
you will have detained
they will have detained
Future Continuous
I will be detaining
you will be detaining
he/she/it will be detaining
we will be detaining
you will be detaining
they will be detaining
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been detaining
you have been detaining
he/she/it has been detaining
we have been detaining
you have been detaining
they have been detaining
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been detaining
you will have been detaining
he/she/it will have been detaining
we will have been detaining
you will have been detaining
they will have been detaining
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been detaining
you had been detaining
he/she/it had been detaining
we had been detaining
you had been detaining
they had been detaining
Conditional
I would detain
you would detain
he/she/it would detain
we would detain
you would detain
they would detain
Past Conditional
I would have detained
you would have detained
he/she/it would have detained
we would have detained
you would have detained
they would have detained
Thesaurus
Verb1.detain - deprive of freedom; take into confinementconfinekeep - hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school"straiten - squeeze togethergaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"intern - deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"bind over - order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial"imprison - confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"cage, cage in - confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"trap, pin down - place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"keep in - cause to stay indoors
2.detain - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"delay, stayretard, delay, check - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
3.detain - 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"delay, hold updecelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"stonewall - engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"catch - delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"stall - deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"buy time - act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage

detain

verb1. hold, arrest, confine, restrain, imprison, intern, take prisoner, take into custody, hold in custody He was arrested and detained for questioning.2. delay, keep, stop, hold up, hamper, hinder, retard, impede, keep back, slow up or down We won't detain you any further.

detain

verb1. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:delay, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, set back, slow (down or up), stall.2. To keep in custody:hold.3. To put in jail:confine, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up).
Translations
拘留留住

detain

(diˈtein) verb1. to hold back and delay. I won't detain you – I can see you're in a hurry. 留住 留住2. (of the police etc) to keep under guard. Three suspects were detained at the police station. 拘留 拘留ˌdetaiˈnee noun a person who is detained (by the police etc). 被拘留者 被拘留者

detain


Related to detain: detainee
  • verb

Synonyms for detain

verb hold

Synonyms

  • hold
  • arrest
  • confine
  • restrain
  • imprison
  • intern
  • take prisoner
  • take into custody
  • hold in custody

verb delay

Synonyms

  • delay
  • keep
  • stop
  • hold up
  • hamper
  • hinder
  • retard
  • impede
  • keep back
  • slow up or down

Synonyms for detain

verb to cause to be later or slower than expected or desired

Synonyms

  • delay
  • hang up
  • hold up
  • lag
  • retard
  • set back
  • slow
  • stall

verb to keep in custody

Synonyms

  • hold

verb to put in jail

Synonyms

  • confine
  • immure
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • intern
  • jail
  • lock

Synonyms for detain

verb deprive of freedom

Synonyms

  • confine

Related Words

  • keep
  • straiten
  • gaol
  • immure
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • jail
  • jug
  • put behind bars
  • remand
  • lag
  • put away
  • intern
  • bind over
  • cage
  • cage in
  • trap
  • pin down
  • keep in

verb stop or halt

Synonyms

  • delay
  • stay

Related Words

  • retard
  • delay
  • check

verb cause to be slowed down or delayed

Synonyms

  • delay
  • hold up

Related Words

  • decelerate
  • slow
  • slow down
  • slow up
  • retard
  • stonewall
  • catch
  • stall
  • buy time
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