arrest
verb [ T ] uk/əˈrest/ us/əˈrest/
(CATCH)
B1 逮捕;拘捕
If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed.
He was arrested when customs officers found drugs in his bag. 因海关人员在他的包中发现了毒品，他被捕了。
The police arrested her for drinking and driving. 她因酒后驾车被警察拘捕。
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- He put up a fight when the police tried to arrest him.
- 23 people were arrested and large quantities of heroin were seized in a dawn raid.
- Police arrested several of the demonstrators.
- The burglars have been arrested but the jewellery is still missing.
- A woman and two men were arrested on the day after the explosion.
(STOP)
formal阻止;抑制
to stop or interrupt the development of something
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能抑制癌细胞的扩散。
(MAKE NOTICE)
formal引起（某人的注意）
to attract or catch someone's attention
A photo of a small boy arrested my attention. 一张小男孩的照片引起了我的注意。
arrest
noun [ C or U ] uk/əˈrest/ us/əˈrest/
B2 逮捕;拘捕
the act of arresting someone
Two arrests were made, but the men were later released without charge. 有两人被捕，但后来没有起诉他们就释放了。
She was stopped outside the shop and placed/put under arrest. 她在商店外被截获归案。
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- The bomb attack was in retaliation for the recent arrest of two well-known terrorists.
- His lawyer put him in the picture about what had happened since his arrest.
- The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.
- After his arrest in 1998, he checked himself into rehab to get over his heroin addiction.
- wrongful arrest