detain meaning in English
vt.
1.留住，阻住。
2.扣留；拘留。
短语和例子
n.
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1. 阻留者。 2. 【法律】(财产的)非法占有；拘留，扣押；继续拘留指令。
Examples
- The campaign did not detain him long .
竞选时的问题并没有缠住他多久。 - My emissaries would certainly be detained .
我的密使一定会被扣留。 - I detained him as he was making a move .
他刚起步，我喊住了他。 - They're interned, you see, not detained .
你瞧，他们是被扣留，而不是拘留。 - We shall have to detain him and question him .
我们只好把他扣起来，讯问他一下。