| 单词 | detention |
| 释义 | detention (once / 1413 pages) n Detention is a word for confinement or imprisonment, usually for a short time. It's also a punishment where children must stay after school. If you're in detention, you probably did something wrong: you're being confined against your will. The police hold people in detention, and so do military forces. Usually, detention is a short period of confinement, like if someone is arrested and then released. Also, the word is commonly used for an after-school punishment for children who have to stay in detention instead of going home. One thing is true of both kinds of detention: no one wants to be there. WORD FAMILYdetention: detentions+/detain: detained, detainee, detaining, detainment, detains, detention/detainee: detainees/detainment: detainments USAGE EXAMPLESDahlin’s first project was a report denouncing the existence of an illegal nationwide network of secret detention facilities called “black jails”. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Officials from the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, which was holding Morales, did not respond to requests for comment. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Army Reserve Center and escaped from a Rhode Island detention center. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a state of being confined (usually for a short time) his detention was politically motivated Syn|Hyper custody, detainment, hold confinement the state of being confined 2n a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home the detention of tardy pupils Hyper penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment the act of punishing |
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