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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。
逮捕；拘捕
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逮捕；拘捕
to take someone into legal custody
The police arrested the suspect last night.
警方昨晚逮捕了嫌疑人。
阻止；减缓
To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
依法逮捕；拘留
To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
引起注意
To catch the attention of.
心脏骤停
To undergo cardiac arrest.
arrest
Base
原形
arrests
3rd person
第三人称单数
arresting
-ing
现在分词
arrested
Past
过去式
arrested
Past participle
过去分词
The police arrest criminals.
警察逮捕罪犯。
They arrested him yesterday.
他们昨天逮捕了他。
The officer is arresting the suspect.
警官正在逮捕嫌疑犯。
arrest是规则动词
The police arrested the suspect after a short chase.
警方在短暂追捕后逮捕了嫌疑人。
He was arrested for driving without a license.
他因无证驾驶被捕。
The government arrested the protestors who blocked the road.
政府逮捕了堵塞道路的抗议者。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
The police made arrest of the suspect.
Use this
The police arrested the suspect.
学习者可能将动词'arrest'误用为名词，但'arrest'作动词时直接接宾语，而名词形式需要冠词（如'make an arrest'）。这里应直接用动词形式。
Not this
He was arrested of theft.
Use this
He was arrested for theft.
表示'因……被逮捕'时，介词应用'for'，而非'of'。'arrested of'是受中文'因……被逮捕'的直译影响导致的错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
因涉嫌…而被捕
He was arrested on suspicion of fraud.
他因涉嫌诈骗而被捕。
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。
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。
吸引某人的注意
The sudden flash of lightning arrested everyone's attention.
突然的闪电引起了所有人的注意。
被捕；被拘留
The manager was placed under arrest for fraud.
经理因欺诈被逮捕。
遏止衰退
The new measures aim to arrest the decline in the local economy.
新措施旨在遏止当地经济的衰退。
你被逮捕了。
In the TV show Law & Order, detectives frequently say "You're under arrest" while arresting a suspect.
在电视剧《法律与秩序》中，侦探们经常在逮捕嫌疑人时说“你被逮捕了”。
Use arrest naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.