detention

n [U] (a) detaining or being detained, esp in prison 阻止; 滞留; 拘留; (尤指)监禁: detention without trial 未经审判的关押. (b) punishment of being kept at school after it has closed 课後留校的惩罚: be given two hours' detention 被罚留校两小时.


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