detain
verb- detain somebody
to keep somebody in an official place, such as a police station, a prison or a hospital, and prevent them from leaving 拘留；扣押 Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1, Crime and punishmentc1He has been detained without trial for nearly two years now. 他未经审判就被拘押，到现在已将近两年。 He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group. 他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。 Over 60 people have been detained in connection with the coup attempt. 60 多人因牵涉这起未遂政变而被拘留。 Prisoners cannot be detained indefinitely without charge. 不能无限期羁押囚犯而不提出控告。 She was arrested and detained for distributing pro-democracy leaflets. 她因为散发支持民主的传单而被拘留了。 The law allows police to detain suspects for questioning for up to 48 hours. 法律允许警方拘留嫌疑人进行长达48小时的讯问。 Two people were detained in hospital following the crash. 撞车事故发生后，两人被留院治疗。 Two men have been detained in custody. 两名男子已被拘留。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- briefly
- indefinitely
- illegally
- …
- need not
- for
- in connection with
- be detained in custody
- be detained in hospital
- detain somebody without charge
- …
- detain somebody (formal)
to delay somebody or prevent them from going somewhere 耽搁；留住；阻留 I'm sorry—he'll be late; he's been detained at a meeting. 对不起，他要晚点儿到，他因会议耽搁了。 The minister was unavoidably detained in Lisbon on affairs of state. 部长因国家事务不可避免地被拘留在里斯本。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘be afflicted with sickness or infirmity’): from Old French detenir, from a variant of Latin detinere, from de- ‘away, aside’ + tenere ‘to hold’.