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To detain someone means to officially stop them from leaving — most often used about police, airport security, or another authority holding a person for questioning or because they are suspected of something. It's formal and fairly serious; you'll mostly meet it in news reports, not casual talk. It can also be used more gently and old-fashioned, for keeping someone a little longer than planned: a teacher saying "I won't detain you" means "I won't keep you waiting."
拘留、扣留
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
detainverb/dɪˈteɪn/
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To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
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To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
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archaicTo keep back or from; to withhold.
- Detain not the wages of the hireling.
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governmentlaw-enforcementTo put someone under custody.
- In April of 2009, however, the disease was found to suddenly no longer be appearing in newly-hatched chickens, and, upon review, it was discovered that Dr. Wildcat had modified 6002 without authorization, removing the disease from the genome. She's detained and questioned by Muller, and, even though she tries to lie that she didn't do anything, they have footage of her ascending the tree on her own.
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To seize goods for official purposes.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。