1. 逮捕;拘捕;拘留 If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
e.g. Police arrested five young men in connection with one of the attacks... 警方逮捕了與其中一次襲擊有關(guān)的5名青年男子。 e.g. The police say seven people were arrested for minor offences. 警方稱(chēng)有7人因輕罪被捕。
2. 阻止;抑制 If something or someone arrests a process, they stop it continuing.
arrest
e.g. The sufferer may have to make major changes in his or her life to arrest the disease... 患者可能必須對生活習慣作出重大調整以控制病情。 e.g. The law could arrest the development of good research if applied prematurely. 如果草率施行,該法律將會(huì )阻滯高質(zhì)量研究的進(jìn)展。
3. 吸引(注意) If something interesting or surprising arrests your attention, you suddenly notice it and then continue to look at it or consider it carefully.
arrest是什么意思
e.g. The work of an architect of genius always arrests the attention no matter how little remains... 天才建筑師的作品無(wú)論殘留多少都能最大限度地吸引眼球。 e.g. As he reached the hall after her, he saw what had arrested her. 他跟隨她到了大廳,看見(jiàn)了吸引她注意的東西。
arresting The most arresting feature is the painted wall decoration. 最醒目的特點(diǎn)是繪有圖畫(huà)的墻面裝飾。
4. see also: house arrest
arrest英英釋義
arrest什么意思
noun
1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
e.g. the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Synonym: apprehensioncatchcollarpinchtaking into custody
2. the state of inactivity following an interruption
e.g. the negotiations were in arrest held them in check during the halt he got some lunch the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow he spent the entire stop in his seat
Synonym: checkhalthitchstaystopstoppage
verb
1. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy check the expansion or influence of
e.g. Arrest the downward trend Check the growth of communism in South East Asia Contain the rebel movement Turn back the tide of communism
Synonym: checkturn backstopcontainhold back
2. take into custody
e.g. the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Synonym: collarnailapprehendpick upnabcop
3. attract and fix
e.g. His look caught her She caught his eye Catch the attention of the waiter
Synonym: catchget
4. cause to stop
e.g. Halt the engines Arrest the progress halt the presses