Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2134
arrest
逮捕；抓捕
The act of taking someone into custody by legal authority; taking a criminal or suspect into police custody.
- 1.
A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
阻止；停止；抑制
- 2.
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
停止状态；停滞
- 3.
The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
逮捕；拘捕
- 4.
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
羁押；拘留
- 5.
A device to physically arrest motion.
制动装置；限动器
- 6.
The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
船舶扣押
- 7.
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
马后腿后部的皮屑病
停止；中止；停滞；拘留；羁押；制动器；止动装置；船舶扣押；扣船；马后腿后部鳞屑病
In use
The police made an arrest after a brief chase.
The patient suffered a cardiac arrest.
The arrest of the suspect was widely reported.
Connections
Collocations
- under arrest
- 被捕，在押
- The suspect was placed under arrest.嫌疑犯被捕了。
- make an arrest
- 进行逮捕
- The police made an arrest last night.警方昨晚进行了一次逮捕。
- arrest warrant
- 逮捕令
- The judge issued an arrest warrant for the fugitive.法官对逃犯发出了逮捕令。
- arrest record
- 逮捕记录
- He has a long arrest record.他有很长的逮捕记录。
- cardiac arrest
- 心脏骤停
- He suffered a cardiac arrest during the game.他在比赛中心脏骤停。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 arrest 联想为 'a rest'（休息），逮捕后被迫停止活动，就像强制休息。
Context & Register
register: mixed; contexts: 法律, 医学; note_zh: 该词作名词时，用于“逮捕”意义时多出现在法律语境；用于“停止”意义时常见于医学或技术语境。
Grammar Note
常与make搭配：make an arrest
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the /ɛst/ rhyming sound: rest, best, test, chest, guest, nest. However, watch out for words like 'interest' (/ˈɪntrɪst/ or /ˈɪntərɪst/) and 'forest' (/ˈfɔrɪst/) that look similar but have a different vowel sound and stress pattern.
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。
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