Detain
[dɪ'teɪn] or [dɪ'ten]
解释:
(v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.
(v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
(v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.
(n.) Detention.
编辑:梅森
同义词及近义词：
v. a. [1]. Restrain, stay, check, delay, retain, stop, keep back.[2]. Confine, hold in custody.
埃德温娜手打
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Stay, keep, arrest, check, withhold, delay, restrain, embargo, stop
ANT:Liberate, expedite, accelerate, dismiss, loose, disembargo
手打:丽塔
解释:
v.t. to hold from or back: to stop: to keep: to keep in custody.—ns. Detain′er one who detains: (law) the holding of what belongs to another: a warrant to a sheriff to keep in custody a person already in confinement: Detain′ment (same as Detention).
整理:罗威娜
例句:
- Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- If these prisoners have not been allowed to depart, you will detain them until further orders. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Home she would go; not even Robert could detain her now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- And, I think, George, we had better not detain Mrs. Stepney any longer. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- She first assured him of her boundless confidence; of this he must be conscious, since but for that she would not seek to detain him. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The constitution of Carthage[236] need not detain us long. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Although we were anxious to leave England before the depth of winter, yet we were detained. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Who always received her on his disengaged arm, and detained her, while the patient cherub stood waiting to be finished. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It would have been far better not to have detained me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It was not Miss Flite who detained us; she was as reasonable a little creature in consulting the convenience of others as there possibly could be. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Raymond would follow soon, she said; he had been detained by business. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Another packet arrived; she too was detained, and before we sailed a fourth was expected. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- The paymaster was detained in Austin so long that, if we had waited for him, we would have exceeded our leave. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I wish you were not so tired, said he, still detaining Fanny after all the others were in the house--I wish I left you in stronger health. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- What can be detaining Tan Gama? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- We had better move on, Mr. Weston, said she, we are detaining the girls. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Not yet, not yet,' said the young man, detaining her as she rose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Charley,' returned his sister, detaining his hand as he withdrew it, 'I think you had better stay. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I can then speak to you as we walk, both without detaining you here, and without intruding longer here myself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- You will not thank me for detaining you from the bewitching converse of that young lady, whose bright eyes are also upbraiding me. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Curiosity detains Mrs Veneering a few moments. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- How very kind Mr. Brooke is, and how fortunate that Mr. Laurence's business detains him near you so long, since he is so useful to you and Father. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
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