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.)).
雙語例句
1. Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
有些地方執法官濫用逮捕權進行逼供。
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2. The authorities will be legally bound to arrest any suspects.
當局負有逮捕所有疑犯的法律責任。
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3. The police say he swallowed a cyanide capsule to avoid arrest.
警察說他為了逃避逮捕就吞了一顆氰化物膠囊。
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4. 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量研究的進展。
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5. He was released from house arrest two years ago.