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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• But he said Rio was concerned about the detentions.
  但他表示，力拓对拘留行动感到担忧。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• The detentions, which were also reported in Chinese media, are just the latest in a string of scandals to hit the Chinese financial sector, where bribery and corruption are endemic and rules are constantly changing and often unclear.
  中国媒体也对广发行高管被拘留进行了报道。这只是打击中国金融业的一系列丑闻中的最新一个。贿赂和腐败是中国金融业的通病，并且行业规则不断改变而且常常不明确。