Word

detain

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雅思
/dɪ'ten/
v 留住;扣押,拘留
例句:Two suspects have been detained by the police for questioning .(两名嫌疑人被警方拘留审问。);She was detained in hospital with a suspected broken leg.(她因腿部疑似骨折而被留医。)
派生:detainment
同近:hold;delay

同难度的词:sensible、sign、as、explicit、wreck、ravage、wreathe、impede、thesis、precedent、lofty、fridge

这些词都在「雅思」词表里,也可以按考试去背。