detention
- IPA[dəˈten(t)SH(ə)n]
美式
- the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner；the punishment of being kept in school after hours
noun: detention, plural noun: detentions
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名詞
- 1. the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner one of the effects of police detention is isolation from friends and family
- ▪ the punishment of being kept in school after hours he has made students fear after-school detention arbitrary after-school detentions
- confinement in an approved residence, under electronic surveillance, as a means of serving part ... these offenders bar themselves automatically from consideration for home detention
Oxford Dictionary
- the imprisonment of a person with the aim of preventing them from committing further offenses ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- a non-custodial sentence requiring offenders to do supervised community work for a certain ... they received the usual correctional sanctions, either imprisonment or periodic detention
Oxford Dictionary
- the imprisonment of a person with the aim of preventing them from committing further offences ...
Oxford Dictionary
- an institution where people are held in detention for short periods, in particular undocumented ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- an institution for the short-term detention of unauthorized immigrants, refugees, people ...
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- IPA[dɪˈtɛnʃn]
英式
- the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody: the fifteen people arrested were still in police detention
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