
detention基本信息
读法:英 [dɪ"tenʃ(ə)n] 美 [dɪ"tɛnʃən]
释义:
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星级词汇:★★
英英释义
Noun:
"the prisoner is on hold"
"he is in the custody of police"
中英词源
detention 扣押
词源同detain, 扣押。
- detention (n.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French détention (13c.), from Late Latin detentionem (nominative detentio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin detinere (see detain). Sense of "confinement" used by 1570s (in reference to Mary Queen of Scots). In reference to school punishment, recorded from 1882.
词态变化
复数 detentions;
权威造句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The teacher kept the boys in detention after school.
- 老师将这些男生课后留堂。
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- 3. He said that he was not tortured or maltreated during his detention.
- 他说自己在押期间并未遭受拷问和虐待。
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- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Jails and temporary detention camps are overflowing.
- 监狱和临时拘留所里人满为患。
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单词分析
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记忆方法
1. de- "down" + tent- "hold, keep" + -ion.
2. => hold sb/sth down, keep sb/sth down.
3.也就是咱们常说的:留住,留下来;因此这里使用表示“down”的词根也就再正常不过了。
4. 咱们常说把某人留下来,也就是将其留住嘛!
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