detention 音標拼音: [dɪt'ɛnʃən]
n . 挽留,延遲,拘留
挽留,延遲,拘留
detention n 1 :
a state of being confined (
usually for a short time ); "
his detention was politically motivated "; "
the prisoner is on hold "; "
he is in the custody of police " [
synonym : {
detention },
{
detainment }, {
hold }, {
custody }]
2 :
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home ; "
the detention of tardy pupils "
Detention \
De *
ten "
tion \,
n . [
L .
detentio :
cf .
F .
d ['
e ]
tention .
See {
Detain }.]
1 .
The act of detaining or keeping back ;
a withholding .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The state of being detained (
stopped or hindered );
delay from necessity .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Confinement ;
restraint ;
custody .
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1913 Webster ]
The archduke Philip . . .
found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry '
s court . --
Hallam .
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1913 Webster ]
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "
detention ":
afterthought ,
apprehension ,
arrest ,
arrestation ,
arrestment ,
bind ,
block ,
blockage ,
blocking ,
bureaucratic delay ,
captivity ,
check ,
clogging ,
close arrest ,
closing up ,
closure ,
confinement ,
constriction ,
cramp ,
custody ,
deceleration ,
delay ,
delayage ,
delayed reaction ,
detainment ,
double take ,
drag ,
dragging ,
durance ,
durance vile ,
duress ,
ease -
off ,
ease -
up ,
fixation ,
flagging ,
foot -
dragging ,
halt ,
hampering ,
hang -
up ,
hindering ,
hindrance ,
holdback ,
holdup ,
house arrest ,
immuration ,
immurement ,
impediment ,
imprisonment ,
incarceration ,
inhibition ,
interference ,
interim ,
internment ,
interruption ,
jailing ,
jam ,
lag ,
lagging ,
let ,
letdown ,
letup ,
logjam ,
minus acceleration ,
moratorium ,
nab ,
negativism ,
nuisance value ,
obstruction ,
obstructionism ,
occlusion ,
opposition ,
paperasserie ,
pause ,
pickup ,
pinch ,
red tape ,
red -
tapeism ,
red -
tapery ,
repression ,
reprieve ,
resistance ,
respite ,
restraint ,
restriction ,
retardance ,
retardation ,
retardment ,
setback ,
slack -
up ,
slackening ,
slow -
up ,
slowdown ,
slowing ,
slowing down ,
slowness ,
slowup ,
squeeze ,
stay ,
stay of execution ,
stop ,
stoppage ,
stranglehold ,
stricture ,
suppression ,
suspension ,
term of imprisonment ,
tie -
up ,
time lag ,
wait DETENTION .
The act of retaining a person or property ,
and preventing the removal of such person or property .
2 .
The detention may be occasioned by accidents ,
as ,
the detention of a ship by calms ,
or by ice ;
or it may ,
be hostile ,
as the detention of persons or ships in a foreign country ,
by order of the government .
In general ,
the detention of a ship does not change the nature of the contract ,
and therefore ,
sailors will be entitled to their wages during the time of the detention .
1 Bell '
s Com .
517 ,
519 ,
5th ed .;
Mackel .
Man .
Sec .
210 .
3 .
A detention is legal when the party has a right to the property ,
and has come lawfully into possession .
It is illegal when the taking was unlawful ,
as is the case of forcible entry and detainer ,
although the party may have a right of possession ;
but ,
in some ,
cases ,
the (
retention may be lawful ,
although the taking may have been unlawful .
3 Penn .
St .
R .
20 .
When the taking was legal ,
the detention may be illegal ;
as ,
if one borrow a horse ,
to ride from A to B ,
and afterwards detain him from the owner ,
After demand ,
such detention is unlawful ,
and the owner may either retake his property ,
or have an action of replevin or detinue .
1 Chit .
Pr .
135 .
In some cases ,
the detention becomes criminal although the taking was lawful ,
as in embezzlement .
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