h: They failed to arrest
the company’s decline. jiMM
3 [VN] {formal) to make sb notice
sth and pay attention to it nj£3| ( *£;§; ) : An unusual noise arrested
his attention. —
4 [V] if sb arrests, their heart stops
beating He arrested on the way to the hospital.
mnoun [C, U] 1 the act of
arresting sb it $7 #JiS : The
police made several arrests.
W A it Jl 7 JL A 0 O She
was under arrest on suspicion of murder. I:
M ® it ffl o o Opposition leaders
were put under house arrest (= not allowed to leave
their houses). S.
— see also citizen’s
arrest 2 an act of sth stopping or being interrupted ^ it;
tfr it: He died
after suffering a cardiac
arrest (= when his heart suddenly stopped). j^lh0
ar, restable offence noun (law W) an offence for which
sb can be arrested without a warrant from
a judge
arrest ling /e’restirj/ adj. (formal) attracting a lot of
attention; very attractive 91 Aft)
ar rival 0"*r/a'raivl/ noun 1 [U, C] an act of
coming or being brought to a place 3\ ; JSli: Guests
receive dinner on/upon arrival at
the hotel. o We apologize for the
late arrival of the train. 0 0 the
arrival of the mail in the
morning
± A ftP# 0
daily arrivals of refugees o There are 120
arrivals and departures every day. ItATf 120 AM 3® P gee departure 2 fc] a person or thing that
comes to a place f ij )£ A ; jg; jis : The first
arrivals at the concert got
the best seats. M. -¥■ A 3!i W
o earlyAate/new
arrivals -f-fij / B&fiJ / frPJ# 0 We’re expecting a
new arrival (= a baby) in the family soon. % tf] — 7 fr £
^JLo 3 [U] the time when a new technology or idea is
introduced ( fr&Av rrSM ) §l&, Mfi:
the arrival of pay TV arrive /a'raiv/ verb [V]
1 (abbr. arr.) ~ (at/in/on ...) to
get to a place, especially at the end of a journey 3\ : I’ll wait until they
arrive. life 111 A o 01 was pleased to hear
you
arrived home safely, ftf 7 A f'J lc U-M A 0 0 to
arrive early/late for a meeting / jgjij o She’ll
arrive in
train arrived at the
station 20 minutes late. A ^ ifi T 20 A#f!J
„ o By
the time I arrived on the scene, it was all over. , ~~0 We didn’t
arrive back at the hotel
until very late. ficintflB&ASI'J
7 fifrtffo o The police arrived to arrest him. ff
AiiM 7 fife o 2 (of things ff. M) to be brought to
sb H ; itf fij: A letter arrived for you this morning. AA-hX A X •tt £$ tmffc ^fg0 o Send your application
to arrive by 31 October. $10 M 31 0
mWL O We waited an hour for our lunch to
arrive. f£ft0^7tk^F7~*7N‘o 0 The
new product will arrive on supermarket shelves (= be available) early
next year. niiMAA
3 (of an event or a moment
to happen or to come,
especially when you have been waiting for it A 4 ; M A : The wedding day
finally
arrived, if -* A £§■ 7 3\ A 0 0 The baby arrived
(= was bom) early. HtW sb has
ar'rived (informal) somebody has become
successful M: A J& Th 7
: He knew he had arrived
when he was
shortlisted for the Booker prize. M£jJAA A 7 ij£ A nq ^
A T&&&I5, USkVi ar rive at sth to
decide on or find sth,
especially after discussion and thought &J& ( ) ; #tB. (,&iSC^') ;
^ ) PSTO reach : to arrive at an
agreement/
a decision/a conclusion
0 to arrive at the truth &31MM arriv iste /.aerii'virst/ noun (from French, disapproving) a person who is
determined to be accepted as a member of a social group, etc. to which they do
not really belong **»iUHlA
ar-ro-gance /'aeragans/ noun [U] the behaviour of
a person when they feel that they are more important