Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2134
arrest
逮捕；拘捕
to take someone into legal custody
- 1.
To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
阻止；减缓
- 2.
To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
依法逮捕；拘留
- 3.
To catch the attention of.
引起注意
- 4.
To undergo cardiac arrest.
心脏骤停
阻止；抑制；遏制；吸引；引起（注意）；心脏停搏；发生心脏骤停；阻止；减缓；依法逮捕；拘留
In use
The police arrested the suspect after a short chase.
He was arrested for driving without a license.
The government arrested the protestors who blocked the road.
arrest sb
用于法律语境，表示抓捕某人。
The police arrested the suspect last night.
警方昨晚逮捕了嫌疑人。
arrest sth
常用于制止不良趋势或发展。
The medicine can arrest the spread of the disease.
这种药可以抑制疾病的传播。
arrest sb's attention
指事物引起注意，较正式。
A sudden noise arrested our attention.
一声突然的噪音吸引了我们的注意。
Connections
Collocations
- arrest someone for something
- 因某事逮捕某人
- Police arrested the suspect for burglary.警方因入室盗窃逮捕了嫌疑人。
- be arrested on suspicion of
- 因涉嫌…而被捕
- He was arrested on suspicion of fraud.他因涉嫌诈骗而被捕。
- arrest the spread of
- 遏制…的蔓延
- Doctors are working to arrest the spread of the disease.医生们正在努力遏制这种疾病的蔓延。
- arrest someone's attention
- 吸引某人的注意
- The bright colors arrested our attention.鲜艳的色彩吸引了我们的注意。
Idioms & figurative uses
- arrest someone's attention
- 吸引某人的注意The sudden flash of lightning arrested everyone's attention.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 a rest（休息）：被逮捕=强制你去‘休息’；心脏骤停=心脏‘休息’；阻止=让事物‘休息’停下。记住 arrest=强制休息。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：legal/police、news reporting、formal writing、medical arrest 作动词时，多用于法律语境表示“逮捕”，这是最常用、中性的用法；在较正式的书面语中还可表示“阻止/抑制”或“吸引注意”，日常口语中较少使用这些含义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 arrest 押韵的词有 rest、best、chest、test、nest、guest，它们都包含 /est/（美式常读 /ɛst/）。注意 arrest 中的 ar 弱读为 /ə/，不读 /ɑː(r)/；也不要把它和形近词 beast /biːst/ 混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.