detain [di'tein]

英汉解释

vt. 拘留；留住；耽搁

同义词

v. confine，delay，hold up，stay

反义词

v.   free，hurry，liberate，rush

参考例句

1. The heavy traffic detained us for half an hour.
拥挤的交通使我们耽搁了半个小时。
2. He needed to devise a powerful device to detain this devil next time!
他要设计一个强有力的装置下次把魔鬼扣留起来！
3. Rather than denounce or detain him , the school and family should actively make a coalition once a young addict is discovered.
当发现网络成瘾青少年时，学校和家庭要做的不是公开指责或拘禁学生，而应积极地形成联合。

英英解释

v.
  1. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
  2. stop or halt
  3. cause to be slowed down or delayed

网络释义

detain
拘留,扣押; 拘留; 阻住; 扣留;
to detain
羁押;
arrest not detain
逮捕而不扣留 公安; 逮捕而不扣留;
unlawfully detain a child
非法羁留儿童 公安; 非法羁留儿童;
detain in custody
羁留扣押 公安;