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sequester

英[sɪ'kwestə(r)] 美[sɪ'kwestər]
  • vt. 使 ... 隔绝; 隐退
  • vt. 扣押
sequestered sequestered sequestering sequesters
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Verb:
  1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property;

    "the estate was sequestered"

  2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;

    "The FBI seized the drugs"
    "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"
    "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

  3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion;

    "The cations were sequestered"

  4. keep away from others;

    "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

  5. set apart from others;

    "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

双语例句

1. CO 2 - emitting industries could pay farmers to buy stoves to char and sequester farm waste.
排放二氧化碳的工业会向农民支付一定费用,由农民买烧炉炼木炭、收集农场废物.

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    1. The retired film star sequestered herself from the world.
      这位退休的影星过着隐居的生活。

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