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

• But he said Rio was concerned about the detentions.
  但他表示，力拓对拘留行动感到担忧。
• According to Hong Kong media reports, the investigation has led to the detentions of senior government officials in the southern Guangdong Province, where Mr Huang was born and raised.
  据香港媒体报道，对黄光裕的调查，导致了广东省黄光裕出生和长大的地方的数名政府高官受到拘查。
• The company, stunned by the detentions and frozen out of contact with its employees, spent months with lawyers and forensic accountants conducting an investigation of contracts, money flows, staff e-mails and its computer systems.
  该公司花了数月时间，与律师和法务会计一起调查合约、资金流动、员工电子邮件及其计算机系统。
• She's had four detentions this term.
  她这学期已有四次被关晚学。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But they may explain the detentions.
  但这些指控也许可以解释拘留行动。
• Officials refused to provide details about Thursday's searches and detentions, citing the ongoing investigation.
  由于调查工作仍在继续进行，官员们拒绝透露有关周四的搜捕和拘留的详细信息。
• In April, the Chinese legislature voted to revise an environmental protection law to allow for larger fines against companies and longer detentions of executives responsible for pollution.
  4月，中国的立法机构投票决定修改一部环保法律，从而能够对污染企业处以更大数额的罚款，对负有污染责任的管理人员处以更长的刑期。