detain
US: /dɪˈteɪn/
UK: /dɪtˈeɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
detain /di'tein/- ngoại động từ
- ngăn cản, cản trở
- to detain somebody in during something: ngăn cản ai làm việc gì
- cầm giữ (tiền lương, tiền nợ, đồ vật...)
- giữ (ai) lại; bắt đợi chờ
- giam giữ, cầm tù
- ngăn cản, cản trở
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]1 to keep sb in an official place, such as a police station, a prison or a hospital, and prevent them from leaving: One man has been detained for questioning.
2 (formal) to delay sb or prevent them from going somewhere: I'm sorry-he'll be late; he's been detained at a meeting.
See also -
Collocation
ADV.
briefly
He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.
VERB + DETAIN
need not
This issue need not detail us long.
PREP.
for
She was arrested and detained for distributing pro-democracy leaflets.
| in connection with
Over 60 people have been detained in connection with the coup attempt.
PHRASES
be detained in custody/hospital
Two people were detained in hospital following the crash.
| detain sb without charge/trial
He has been detained without trial for nearly two years now.
Concise dictionary
detains|detained|detainingdɪ'teɪnverb
+deprive of freedom; take into confinement
+stop or halt
+cause to be slowed down or delayed
