[dɪ'teɪn][dɪ'teɪn]
  • vt. 扣留;拘押;耽搁;延误
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    de-,向下,强调。-tain,抓,握,词源同contain,tenure.即扣下,扣押。de-下降,向下+-tain-握,持有→留下,留住
      verb(动词)
      1. 使留下;拘留,扣押
      2. (短时间地)耽搁,拖延
      3. 无限期关押(某人)

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 使留下;拘留,扣押

      A suspect has been detained by the police for questioning.

      一名嫌疑人已被警察拘留接受进一步审讯。

      Several of the injured were detained overnight in hospital.

      伤者中有几个人被留院观察了一夜。

    2. (短时间地)耽搁,拖延

      I'm sorry I'm late – I was unavoidably detained.

      对不起我来晚了——没办法我被耽搁了一会儿。

    3. 无限期关押(某人)

    小知识

    When you detain someone, you hold them back, slow them down, or stop them from moving on. If you are detained by the police, you may be late for the big football game, even if you were speeding to get there by the kickoff.

    There are lots of words that contain the root tain, like contain and retain. These come from Latin tenere, which means “to hold.” Detain is specifically used when you're talking about holding someone so they can't go anywhere. It's often used in discussions involving the police who detain people who they think might be guilty. But you can use detain, say, when you're explaining why you were late: “I was detained at the office by a conference call that wouldn't end. Sorry.”

    实用短语

    1. automatic detain

      自动扣留

    2. check and detain

      检查扣下

    3. detain a suspect

      扣留一个嫌犯

    4. detain n

      扣押,耽搁,拘留,拘留收禁

    5. detain the property

      扣留财产

    6. detain provisionally

    7. detain you out

      耽误你外出了

    8. to detain a ship temporarily

      临时滞留船舶

    9. detain flood

      滞洪

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    v.(动词)detain,apprehend,arrest,attach
    这组词都有依法逮捕、拘押、监禁的意思,其区别是arrest可用于刑事案件,也可用于民事案件,如债务等;而apprehend只用于刑事案件;attach常指因逃脱而扣押或查封,用于人时也只指将其拘留到法庭出庭作证;detain则是为了询问或审查而拘留或监护,不是严格的法律术语。detain,delay,retard,slacken,slow
    这组词都可表示“使某人(事〕落后于”原计划的安排或通常的进展速度。它们之间的区别是delay主要指因某事的干扰而妨碍按时完成或到达;detain主要指耽误时间,不能按时到达或离开,也可指不能完成想完成的事情;retard主要指减慢运动、进步速度;slow常与up或down连用,指降低进步的速度,强调主观的意图和目的性;slacken侧重某种松弛(懈〕。例如I was detained late in the factory.厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。His bad leg slows him down a lot.他那条受伤的腿使他的速度大受影响。Don?t slacken your efforts when the job is only half done.工作只做到一半时可别松劲。detain,keep
    这组词都有“留住,耽搁”的意思。其区别在于1.detain尤指警察进行“拘留”,一般指“留住,耽搁”时,常含有强迫之意;keep多用于口语中
    词语用法
    detain的基本意思是“使延迟”“使延误”,可用于出发、到达,也可用于某种想法的出现,也可表示由于各种理由而被滞留某地;还可表示依法抓住并关押或监护起来。detain是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,偶尔也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
    同根单词
    vt.拘留;留住;耽搁hold,delay

    词根词缀

    词根: tain

    1. =hold,表示”拿住,握住,支撑”; 2. 挽留

    • adj.

      attainable 可到达的,可得到的

      attain[v.达到;获得]+able可以……的→adj.可到达的,可得到的

      pertinent 恰当的;有关的

      pertain[[v.属于,关于]]男→adj.恰当的;有关的

    • n.

      container 容器;集装箱

      contain包含,容纳+er表名词→n.容器;集装箱

      entertainment 款待, 娱乐, 娱乐表演

      entertain娱乐,招待+ment表名词→n.款待, 娱乐, 娱乐表演

      retention 保留,保持,保持力,记忆力

      retain[[v.适合,保持,保留]]→n.保留,保持,保持力,记忆力

      attainment 完成,成就

      attain[v.达到;获得]+ment表名词→n.完成,成就

    • v.

      attain 达到;获得

      at加强动作+tain拿住→获得

      contain 包含,容纳;容忍,抑制;可被……除尽

      con全部+tain拿住,握住,支撑→全部拿住→包含,容纳

      detain 耽搁;扣押,拘留

      de加强动作+tain拿住,握住,支撑→拿住,拿下→拘留

      entertain 娱乐, 招待, 接受, 怀抱

      enter进入,走进+tain挽留→使……挽留→休息,娱乐

      maintain 维修,保养,维持,供养,坚持,主张,支持

      main=man+tain拿住,握住,支撑→用手拿住→坚持

      obtain 获得,得到

      ob加强动作+tain拿住,握住,支撑→拿到,获得

      pertain 属于,关于

      per始终+tain拿住,握住,支撑→始终拿着→属于,关于

      retain 适合,保持,保留

      re回来+tain拿住,握住,支撑→拿回来→保留

      sustain 支撑;承受

      sus下面+tain握住→在下面握住→支撑

    同义词

    vt.留住;使耽搁

    up  /  slow  /  hold  /  retard  /  delay

    其他释义

    apprehend  /  delay  /  up  /  slow  /  stay  /  restrain  /  retard  /  hold

    反义词

    vt.留住;使耽搁;拘留

    liberate  /  free

    其他释义

    free  /  liberate

    同根词

    词根:detain

    n.

    detainment扣留;延误;挽留