Noun:

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"
   

2. a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home;

   "the detention of tardy pupils"
   

constraintn.约束；强制；约束条件；对感情的压抑；虚情假意[计算机] 限制.

custodyn.拘留；监禁；监护；羁押

imprisonmentn.【U】监禁；关押；禁锢

confinementn.拘禁；限制；分娩

arrestvt.逮捕；拘留n.逮捕；拘留

incarcerationn.下狱；监禁；幽闭

detainmentn.挽留；延误

holdv.拿着；控制；容纳；握住；持有；保持；掌握；认为；举行n.握住；控制；把握；立足点；延误；影响

1. The detention of the whole class was unfair.
   滞留全班学生是不公平的。
2. He was detained in that house of detention.
   他在那个拘留所里被拘留了。
3. We are placing your son in criminal detention.
   我们对你儿子实行刑事拘留。
4. They were put into detention camps for the duration.
   他们被关在拘留营里直至战争结束。