detain

verb

1. 拘留；扣押
   to keep sb in an official place, such as a police station, a prison or a hospital, and prevent them from leaving
   1. One man has been detained for questioning.
      一个男人被拘留审问。
2. 耽搁；留住；阻留
   to delay sb or prevent them from going somewhere
   1. I'm sorry─he'll be late; he's been detained at a meeting.
      对不起——他要晚点到，他因会议耽搁了。

1. VERB 拘留;扣押
   When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
   1. The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours...
      该法令允许警方将嫌疑犯扣押最多48小时。
   2. He was arrested and detained for questioning.
      他遭到逮捕、拘留以接受问讯。
2. VERB 阻留;耽搁
   To detain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them.
   1. Thank you. We won't detain you any further.
      非常感谢。我们就不再耽搁您的时间了。

1. It is against the law to detain you against your will for any length of time
   无论强制扣押多长时间都属违法。
2. The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours
   该法令允许警方将嫌疑犯扣押最多48小时。
3. He was arrested and detained for questioning.
   他遭到逮捕、拘留以接受问讯。
4. Thank you. We won't detain you any further.
   非常感谢。我们就不再耽搁您的时间了。
5. He caught her arm in a subconscious attempt to detain her.
   他下意识地抓住她的胳膊想挽留她。
6. Under the Patriot act, we can detain you as long as we need to.
   按照安全法，我们想拘留你多久都可以。
7. To put, shelter, or detain in a bay.
   使入海湾放在、庇护或扣留在港湾。
8. He may, with the written consent of the attorney general, seize and detain the ship for48 hours.
   征得律政司书面同意后，可扣押及扣留该船舶48小时。
9. But we can detain them.
   但是我们还是会拘捕你。
10. You have no right to detain me, I have the right of personal freedom.
    你无权扣压我，我有人身自由的权利。
11. We shall be obliged to detain you here while we continue the investigation.
    我们在继续调查时不得不把你拘留在此地。
12. I'd be remiss if we don't detain him.
    如果我们不拘押他，我就是玩忽职守。
13. The possibility of more bombs, a crew to detain.
    更多炸弹的可能性，扣留全体人员。
14. Don't try to detain me& I'm late already!
    不要再耽搁我了我已经晚了。
15. Public security management does not have such regulation on condemnatory byelaw, can not detain.
    治安治理处罚条例上没有这样的规定，不可以拘留的。
16. We're going to detain the suspect pending further investigation.
    在做进一步深进调查期间我们要拘留这个嫌疑犯。
17. If they refuse, detain them and get warrants.
    如果拒绝，就拘留并签署逮捕证。
18. 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！
19. Well, I needn't detain you any longer.
    噢，我不必再耽搁你了。
20. Good-good, dantes! I see you are a thorough good fellow, and will detain you no longer.
    好，好，邓蒂斯！我看你是一个十全十美的好汉，别再让我耽误你。
21. Their army still have the right to detain, arrest and interrogate.
    他们的军队仍有拘留、逮捕和审讯权。
22. Secret service can detain him on counterfeiting charges.
    联邦经济情报局可以以伪钞罪拘留他。
23. Police powers to detain citizens who are behaving abnormally.
    警方对行为反常公民的拘留权。
24. He was instructed to inspect the cargo on the ship and detain such cargo if necessary.
    他奉命去检查船上所载货物并于必要时扣留该项货物。
25. These will also allow the police to "detain suspects for preventive reasons", only with more" judicial oversight "and" limits "on police power.
    而这些新法案也会允许警方“扣押嫌疑人以防万一”，只是多了些“司法监督”和“限制”。
26. He can arrest you and detain you for months while he buils a case.
    他大可以把你拘留好几个月。
27. We have to detain everybody inside this perimeter.
    我们授命拘捕警戒线内的所有人。
28. Separation, I is really very painful, did not know how should detain!
    分离，我真的很痛，更不知道该怎样去挽留！
29. We film overtime that day, if it were not for her plead for mercy for sb, her assistant affirms her detain to go to next field.
    我们拍摄那天超时了，要不是她说情，她的助手肯定把她押到下一个场去。
30. We'll have to detain you temporarily.
    我们要暂时扣留你。

verb

1. cause to be slowed down or delayed
   1. Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
   2. she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform

   Synonym:    delayhold up

2. stop or halt
   1. Please stay the bloodshed!

   Synonym:    staydelay

3. deprive of freedom

   Synonym:    confine