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  • Derivatives : n  arrestor ; n  arrester
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

arrest [ə'rεst]
  1. 1. vt. (detain) 逮捕
  2. 2. vt. [+process] [ development] (stop) 抑制
  3. 3. noun [c/u] (detention) 拘捕
    to make an arrest
    逮捕
    to place sb under arrest
    某人逮捕
    to be under arrest
    逮捕
    to arrest sb's attention
    [frm] 吸引某人注意力

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

arrest [əˈrest]
  1. 1. vt. 拘留逮捕
    He was arrested by the local authorities.
    他被地方当局收押了。
  2. 2. vt. 抑制遏制
    The flu was arrested before it became a pandemic.
    流感变成流行病之前被控制住了。
  3. 3. vt. 吸引得到注意力
    The scent of her perfume arrested those around her.
    身上散发的香水味道吸引了她周围的人。
  4. 4. vt. 使停止
    The government needs to arrest the rising inflation.
    政府需要遏制不断加剧通货膨胀
  5. 5. noun [Person Name] 阿雷斯特
  6. 6. n.[c] 逮捕抓获
    Several men tried to defy the police, and a number of arrests were made.
    几个男子企图对抗警察,许多人遭到逮捕
  7. 7. n.[c] 停滞状态停止
    Almost immediately her heart rate slowed and she went into cardiac arrest.
    她的心率几乎立即变慢,人进入心脏停搏状态
    The negotiations were in arrest.
    谈判暂停了。

Collins English-English Dictionary

arrest [ə'rεst]
  1. 1. n arrestation the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority
  3. 3. vt. to seize (a ship) under lawful authority
  4. 4. vt. to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc)
  5. 5. vt. to catch and hold (one's attention, sight, etc)
  6. 6. n the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority
  7. 7. n the act of seizing and holding a ship under lawful authority
  8. 8. n the state of being held, esp under lawful authority
    under arrest
  9. 9. n the stopping or sudden cessation of motion of something
    a cardiac arrest
  10. 10. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin arrestare (unattested), from Latin ad at, to + restare to stand firm, stop

Examples

The policeman was badly wounded last night while making an arrest.
这个警察昨晚在实施抓捕的时候受了重伤。
to make an arrest
逮捕
to be under arrest
被逮捕
No arrest can be made without a warrant from a competent court.
没有由具相应资格的法庭出具的逮捕令就不能进行拘捕。
Her evidence was an instrument in his arrest.
她的证据对逮捕他起了很大的作用。

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