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而我们怎么能放过这次学英语的机会呢?

先来看几个媒体的英文标题

环球时报

路透社

纽约时报

其中有这么几个单词

detain

soliciting prostitute

prostitution allegations

prostitution suspicion

我们今天就来认识一下相关的词汇

01detain

/dɪˈteɪn/

vt. 拘留;留住;耽搁

When you detain someone, you hold them back, slow them down, or stop them from moving on. If you are detained by the police, you are kept in a police station or prison and not allowed to leave.

当你detain某人，就是在说你拖住他们，使他们慢下来，或者阻止他们前进。如果你被警察detain，你就会被关在警察局或监狱里，不准离开。

detain不光用在法律方面，在日常生活中使用也很普遍。当你因为某个事情耽误了你应该的进度的时候，就可以用detain。

例：

We were detained by a car accident.

我们由于意外而被耽搁了。

I was detained by an unexpected caller that morning.

那天早晨我被一个突然的来访者缠住了。

There are lots of words that contain the root tain, like contain and retain. These come from Latin tenere, which means "to hold." Detain is specifically used when you're talking about holding someone so they can't go anywhere. It's often used in discussions involving the police who detain people who they think might be guilty. But you can use detain, say, when you're explaining why you were late.

有很多单词包含词根tain，比如contain(包含)和retain(保留)。都源自拉丁语tenere，意思是“握住”。Detain特指控制住某人，让他们不能去别处。它经常用于与警察有关的话题中，警察会detain他们认为可能有罪的人。但是，当你解释迟到的原因时，你也可以用detain(耽搁)。

02prostitute

/'prɒstɪtjuːt/

n. 卖淫者;妓女;男妓

prostitution

/ˌprɒstɪ'tʃuːʃn /

n. 卖淫;滥用;出卖灵魂

03solicit

/sə'lɪsɪt/

v. 恳求, 请求, 乞求

Solicit has an official sounding impressiveness to it––doesn't soliciting donations sound better than begging for money? It can also have a more sinister cast.

Solicit是一种比较正式的用语，有让人听起来印象深刻的感染力。是不是solicit募捐，听起来要比乞讨钱更好?它也可以有更邪恶的意思。

solicit prostitue组合在一起就可以构成“嫖娼”的意思。或者单独出现，也可以往这方面理解。

例：

Girls could get very heavy sentences for soliciting — nine months or more.

女子拉客可能会被处以重刑—— 9 个月或 9 个月以上监禁。

It was a focus for drug addicts, criminals and prostitution.

该地是是吸毒者、罪犯和嫖娼的聚集地。

04allegation

n. /ˌæl.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

a statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal

(未经证实的)指责，指控

例：

Allegations that Mr Dwight was receiving money from known criminals have caused a scandal.

有指控称德怀特先生收取已知犯罪分子钱财，这已成为一桩丑闻。

prostitution allegation

卖淫嫖娼的指控

05suspicion

/sə'spɪʃ(ə)n/

n. 怀疑, 嫌疑

on suspicion of 有嫌疑

under suspicion 受嫌疑

例：

The suspicion that she was lying continued to nag at me.

我怀疑她撒谎，这使我烦闷不已。

He is under suspicion of murder.

他涉嫌谋杀。

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