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部分在俄被扣华商缴纳罚款后获释(detain)
By Wei on 7/11/2009 10:16:37 PM - 0 comments

俄罗斯联邦移民局在切尔基佐沃市场内发现一个非法宿舍，在那里扣押了约150名中国公民，其中50人签证过期。


detain/扣押；耽搁

He was detained for further questioning.
[他被扣押了，将进一步接受调查。]

I won't detain you – I can see you're in a hurry.
[我不会耽搁你很久的，我看得出你赶时间。]

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