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

• The detentions have heightened tensions between Canberra and Beijing and come amid fractious talks between the Chinese Steel Association and Australian mining groups to set an annual benchmark price for iron ore.
  此次拘留事件已经加剧了堪培拉和北京之间的紧张关系，而且正值中国钢铁工业协会与澳洲矿商有关铁矿石年度基准价格的谈判陷入僵局。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 document just states that illegal detentions and the extortion of confessions through torture are forbidden.
  这份文件只是声明，禁止非法拘禁和刑讯逼供。
• 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。
• Once the newly revised legislation is passed, such detentions will be formally enshrined in Chinese law.
  一旦修正案草案获得通过，此类羁押将正式写入中国刑诉法。
• 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。
• She's had four detentions this term.
  她这学期已有四次被关晚学。
• But they may explain the detentions.
  但这些指控也许可以解释拘留行动。