arrest: [14] The Latin verb restāre meant ‘stand back, remain behind’ or ‘stop’ (it is the source of English rest in the sense ‘remainder’). The compound verb arrestāre, formed in postclassical times from the prefix ad- and restāre, had a causative function: ‘cause to remain behind or stop’, hence ‘capture, seize’. These meanings were carried over via Old French arester into English. => rest
arrest (v.)
"to cause to stop," also "to detain legally," late 14c., from Old French arester "to stay, stop" (Modern French arrêter), from Vulgar Latin *arrestare (source of Italian arrestare, Spanish and Portuguese arrestar), from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + restare "to stop, remain behind, stay back" (see rest (n.2)). Figurative sense of "to catch and hold" (the attention, etc.) is from 1814.
arrest (n.)
late 14c., from Anglo-French arest, Old French areste, from arester (see arrest (v.)).
双语例句
1. Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
有些地方执法官滥用逮捕权进行逼供。
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2. The authorities will be legally bound to arrest any suspects.
当局负有逮捕所有疑犯的法律责任。
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3. The police say he swallowed a cyanide capsule to avoid arrest.
警察说他为了逃避逮捕就吞了一颗氰化物胶囊。
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4. The law could arrest the development of good research if applied prematurely.
如果草率施行，该法律将会阻滞高质量研究的进展。
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5. He was released from house arrest two years ago.
