detentions

英 [dɪˈtɛnʃənz]

美 [dɪˈtɛnʃənz]

n.  拘留; 扣押; 监禁; 放学后留校，留堂(处罚学生)
detention的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (尤指出于政治原因的)拘留，扣押，监禁
  Detentionis 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。
• N-VAR (惩罚顽皮学童的)放学后留校
  Detentionis 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。

双语例句

• She's had four detentions this term.
  她这学期已有四次被关晚学。
• Despite repeated calls, a ministry of interior spokesman was not available to comment on the detentions or the government's reasons for preventing the leaflets from being distributed.
  尽管记者反复拨打电话，但柬埔寨内政部发言人未能就政府关押这些村民或政府为何阻止他们散发传单作出评论。
• I can't imagine them even talking to each other at the moment, said Paul Bartholomew of Steel Business Briefing, the steel consultancy in Shanghai, noting that the two sides had broken off contact during the negotiations even before the detentions.
  上海咨询公司环球钢讯（SBB）分析师保罗巴塞洛缪（PaulBartholomew）表示：我甚至无法想象他们此刻会相互交谈。他指出，在拘留事件之前，双方在谈判中就已中断了接触。
• We turned on our television to hear about the day's spate of bans and detentions.
  我们打开了电视机，听到那天一连串的关于禁令和拘留的报道。
• 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。
• The world's biggest iron ore groups have begun fresh talks to set an annual benchmark price for 2010-11, and the continued detentions are widely expected to complicate the talks with the Chinese.
  全球最大几家铁矿石集团已经开始新一轮谈判，以制定2010-11年度的基准价格。人们普遍预计，胡士泰继续被监禁会使矿业集团与中国的谈判变得复杂。
• The widespread violation of basic political rights such as detentions without trial and torture of detainees is not recognized as a problem outright.
  对基本政治权利的普遍侵犯，如未经审判就羁押，以及对在押人员施以刑罚，本身未被承认是一个问题。
• Teachers may assign detention tasks as they wish and some detentions have been actually dangerous.
  老师可能随心所欲指派关禁闭的形式，有些禁闭事实上很危险。
• However, the string of detentions since August 20 suggest the authorities have decided on a harder line.
  不过，自8月20日以来的一连串拘留，显示官方决定采取更为强硬的对策。
• Shippers have the right to appeal the detentions, after which the government can order products returned or destroyed.
  托运人可以就食品被阻止入境提起诉讼，然后政府可能将货物返还或销毁。