arrest
[ə'rest] verb transitive
CATCH 抓住
ESSENTIAL
■If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime which they might have committed 逮捕；拘捕•He was arrested when customs officers found drugs in his bag.海关人员在他的手提包里发现了毒品，把他拘捕了。 •The police arrested her for drinking and driving.她因酒后驾车被警方拘捕。
[ə'rest] verb transitive
STOP 阻止 formal
■to stop or interrupt the development of something 阻止；抑制•The treatment has so far done little to arrest the spread of the cancer.这种疗法到目前为止几乎没有抑制癌细胞的扩散。
[ə'rest] verb transitive
ATTRACT NOTICE 吸引注意 formal
■to attract or catch someone's attention 引起（某人的注意）•A photo of a small boy arrested my attention.一张小男孩的照片引起了我的注意。
[ə'rest] noun countable or uncountable
IMPROVER
■when the police take someone away to ask them about a crime which they might have committed 逮捕；拘捕•Two arrests were made, but the men were later released without charge.有两人被捕，但后来他们没被起诉就获释了。 •She was stopped outside the shop and placed/put under arrest.她在商店外被截获逮捕。 |