1
detain sb
sb指被官方扣押的人，常用于法律语境。
The police detained the suspect for further questioning.
警方拘留了嫌疑人以进一步讯问。
扣留；拘留
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
扣留；拘留
to keep someone under arrest or in custody, especially for legal reasons
The police detained the suspect for further questioning.
警方拘留了嫌疑人以进一步讯问。
常指官方或警方依法扣留人
阻止某事进行或完成；延迟
To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
通过阻止或吸引注意力使某人无法前进
To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
拘留某人
To put someone under custody.
为官方目的扣押货物
To seize goods for official purposes.
detain
Base
原形
detains
3rd person
第三人称单数
detaining
-ing
现在分词
detained
Past
过去式
detained
Past participle
过去分词
The officer detains the suspect.
警官拘留嫌疑人。
They detained him yesterday.
他们昨天拘留了他。
They are detaining him.
他们正在拘留他。
They have detained him.
他们已经拘留了他。
扣留；扣押；拘留; 耽搁；延误
The teacher detained the student after class to finish the test.
老师课后把学生留下来，让他完成考试。
An unexpected visitor detained me at the office, so I am late.
一位不速之客在办公室耽搁了我，所以我迟到了。
The security guard may detain anyone who enters the restricted area.
保安可以扣留任何进入限制区域的人。
sb指被官方扣押的人，常用于法律语境。
The police detained the suspect for further questioning.
警方拘留了嫌疑人以进一步讯问。
sth可以是名词或动名词，表示拘留的原因。
The authorities detained him for illegal entry.
当局因非法入境拘留了他。
用于物时表示耽搁或延误，常用被动。
The flight was detained due to bad weather.
航班因恶劣天气被延误。
Not this
He was detain by the police.
Use this
He was detained by the police.
被动语态中必须使用过去分词形式，'detain'的过去分词是'detained'。
Not this
He was put under detain.
Use this
He was put under detention.
'detain'是动词，名词形式为'detention'，尤其在介词后需使用名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
扣留某人
The police detained the suspect for questioning.
警方扣留嫌疑人进行审问。
拘留审问
He was detained for questioning about the incident.
他因该事件被拘留审问。
未经审判拘留
The government detained political prisoners without trial.
政府未经审判拘留政治犯。
在押拘留
The court ordered that he be detained in custody.
法院命令将他羁押。
无限期拘留
The authorities can detain suspects indefinitely without charge.
当局可以无限期拘留嫌疑人而不起诉。
因…耽搁
I was detained by a phone call.
我被一个电话耽搁了。
拘留审问
The police detained the suspect for questioning.
警方拘留了嫌疑人进行审问。
羁押
He was detained in custody pending trial.
他被羁押候审。
强行扣留
They detained the journalist against her will.
他们强行扣留了那名记者。
Use detain naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
“抵逮”谐音，想象抵达后即被逮捕扣留。
常用于正式或法律语境，表示“扣留、拘留”时常见于警察、海关等执法场景；表示“耽搁”时较为中性，可用于日常。注意该词为及物动词。
Words like 'contain', 'maintain', 'retain', 'obtain' rhyme with 'detain' (stressed /eɪn/). Note: 'certain' and 'curtain' share the '-tain' spelling but have a different vowel sound (/ɜːr/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.