They held him for three hours and they let him go...是什么意思？

They held him for three hours and they let him go...

他们扣留了他3个小时后放走了他。

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

held

v. 拿（ hold的过去式和过去分词 ），举行，保留；

例句
His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen...
他的车遭遇拦劫，随后他被4名持枪歹徒劫持。

him

pron. (he的宾格)他；

例句
They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
当他在联合火车站登上火车之际，他们向他道别。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

three

num. 三，三个，第三（章，页等）；n. 三岁，三个人[东西]，三，三个；adj. 三的，三个的；

例句
Outsiders who wed islanders are given only three years' right of abode at first.
岛外的人和岛民结婚之初只能获得三年的居住权。

hours

n. 小时( hour的名词复数 )，固定时间，一小时的时间或行程，重要时刻；

例句
The workforce have recently been calling for their working hours to be reduced. Many companies have accordingly switched to a five-day week.
工人们最近一直在呼吁缩短工作时间。许多公司于是转成了一周五天工作制。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

let

允许，任由，让，随，假设，出租；

例句
'And now, without further ado, let me introduce our benefactor.'
“下面，闲话少说，让我来介绍一下我们的赞助人。”

go

vi. 走，离开，去做，进

例句
I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to the South of France.
我今年很想出国，可能是去法国南部。