detention

noun

1. 拘留；扣押；监禁
   the state of being kept in a place, especially a prison, and prevented from leaving
   1. a sentence of 12 months' detention in a young offender institution
      在青少年教养院拘禁12个月的判决
   2. police powers of arrest and detention
      警方的逮捕和拘留权
   3. allegations of torture and detention without trial
      未经审判即实施严刑拷问和关押的指控
   4. a detention camp
      拘留营
2. 放学后留校，留堂（处罚学生）
   the punishment of being kept at school for a time after other students have gone home
   1. They can't give me (a) detention for this.
      他们不可能因为这事罚我课后留下来。

1. N-UNCOUNT (尤指出于政治原因的)拘留，扣押，监禁
   Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
   1. ...the detention without trial of government critics...
      对政府批评者未经审讯的关押
   2. They have been held in detention since the end of June...
      他们从6月底以来就一直受到监禁。
   3. The government says the detentions are necessary on national security grounds.
      政府称，出于国家安全的考虑，将这些人羁押是必要的。
2. N-VAR (惩罚顽皮学童的)放学后留校
   Detention is a punishment for naughty schoolchildren, who are made to stay at school after the other children have gone home.
   1. The teacher kept the boys in detention after school.
      老师将这些男生课后留堂。

1. Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
   随意逮捕和拘留屡见不鲜。
2. He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days in detention
   显然，13天拘留并没能让他悔过自新。
3. They have been held in detention since the end of June
   他们从6月底以来就一直受到监禁。
4. The government says the detentions are necessary on national security grounds.
   政府称，出于国家安全的考虑，将这些人羁押是必要的。
5. The teacher kept the boys in detention after school.
   老师将这些男生课后留堂。
6. The government is devising a plan to liberate prisoners held in detention camps.
   政府计划释放关押在拘留营内的囚犯。
7. The detention raised two distinct but closely linked questions.
   这一拘留行为引发了两个互为独立但又密切相关的问题。
8. He described the detention without trial of political opponents as a cowardly act.
   他称未经审判就将政敌关押起来是懦夫之举。
9. Jails and temporary detention camps are overflowing
   监狱和临时拘留所里人满为患。
10. Such an offence shall be punished by detention in prison or at hard labour.
    这样的罪行将处以监禁或服苦役。
11. The rapporteur visited some local detention places and talked with detainees.
    报告员走访了当地一些羁押场所，并与在押人员进行了交谈。
12. I suggested extending detention periods for drug offenders.
    我建议应该延长对毒品涉案人员的拘留时间。
13. In china, the principal penalties are public surveillance, detention, fixed-time imprisonment, life imprisonment and death.
    我国的主要刑罚是管制，拘役，有期徒刑，无期徒刑和死刑。
14. His arrest and detention was an infringement of his civil liberties.
    他的被捕和拘留是对他的公民自由的侵犯。
15. She was remanded to juvenile detention at her arraignment yesterday.
    她昨天被送回了对少年拘留在她的传讯。
16. He was released from detention last week along with three other journalists.
    他上周与其他3位新闻记者一起被解除扣押，放了出来。
17. He was detained in that house of detention.
    他在那个拘留所里被拘留了。
18. He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
    他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
19. In any other Chinese city the ringleaders of such an affront would risk detention, arrest and imprisonment.
    在中国其它任何一个城市，这种公开冒犯中央权威行为的组织者都可能被拘捕和监禁。
20. The emergency preventive detention of dangerous persons.
    对危险人物的紧急预防性拘留。
21. They were released after several hours of detention and questioning.
    他们被扣押和侦讯数小时之后才被释放。
22. I have a plan and Zhao and then to the detention of those interrogation rooms to Wenzhou boss.
    我和赵军谋划了一下，然后往关押着那个温州老板的审讯室去。
23. The judicial organs have adopted vigorous measures to prevent and contain extended detention.
    司法机关采取有力措施预防和遏制超期羁押。
24. Arrest and detention of officials;
    工作人员被逮捕和拘留；
25. Violating the country or local laws and regulations is investigated the criminal liability or detention, reeducation through labour;
    违反国家或地方性法律法规被追究刑事责任或拘留、劳教；
26. I'm not in detention. I work here.
    我没有被留堂，我只是在这里工作。
27. No Hong Kong resident shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful arrest, detention or imprisonment.
    香港居民不受任意或非法逮捕、拘留、监禁。
28. Local police declined to comment on the reasons for her detention or the conditions of her release.
    当地警方拒绝对她被拘留的原因以及她获释的条件发表评论。
29. We are placing your son in criminal detention.
    我们对你儿子实行刑事拘留。

noun

1. a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
   1. the detention of tardy pupils

2. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
   1. his detention was politically motivated
   2. the prisoner is on hold
   3. he is in the custody of police

   Synonym:    detainmentholdcustody