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arrested

🇬🇧 UK/ə'restid/🇺🇸 US
B1

Definitions

adj.

Taken into police custody; or stopped and prevented from developing further.

被捕的;被拘留的;发育受阻的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
arto, toward
+
reagain, back
+
st
+
edpast tense / completed
=arrested

Common Collocations

  • 1.arrested development发育迟缓
  • 2.recently arrested最近被逮捕的

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The arrested criminal was brought to jail.

  • 2.

    The arrested man was taken into police custody for questioning.

  • 3.

    Arrested development in the child required medical intervention.

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