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VERB
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.
例句
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。
The police say seven people were arrested for minor offences.
警方稱有7人因輕罪被捕。
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VERB
阻止;抑制
If something or someone arrests a process, they stop it continuing.
例句
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(xí)慣作出重大調(diào)整以控制病情。
The law could arrest the development of good research if applied prematurely.
如果草率施行，該法律將會阻滯高質(zhì)量研究的進(jìn)展。
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VERB
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.
例句
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論殘留多少都能最大限度地吸引眼球。
As he reached the hall after her, he saw what had arrested her.
他跟隨她到了大廳，看見了吸引她注意的東西。