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

• In China, suspects can be held for up to 37 days before being charged or released, although detentions are often arbitrarily extended beyond that period.
  在中国，犯罪嫌疑人在被正式起诉或释放之前，可被拘留至多37天，不过执法机关在实践中往往超出这一期限。
• 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。
• They got me out in a few minutes and then confiscated my phone and gave me two detentions for using it in school.
  随后，校方没收了我的手机，并因“在校内使用手机”罚我两天课后留校。
• He said the plan failed to address real issues, including illegal detentions and curbs on freedom of religion and speech.
  他说，行动计划没能解决实际问题，包括非法拘禁和对言论和宗教信仰自由的限制。
• 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 governor of Quintana Roo denied that his state was being taken over by drug traffickers following the arrest and earlier detentions of other senior officials.
  逮捕行动过后，金塔纳罗奥州州长拒绝该州以被毒品走私团伙占领。此前，该州也有其他一些高级官员被拘留。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。