sequester
英[sɪ'kwestə(r)]
美[sɪ'kwestər]
- vt. 使 ... 隔绝; 隐退
- vt. 扣押
GRE TOEFL
详细释义
Verb:
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requisition forcibly, as of enemy property;
"the estate was sequestered"
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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"
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undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion;
"The cations were sequestered"
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keep away from others;
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
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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.
来自互联网
- The retired film star sequestered herself from the world.
这位退休的影星过着隐居的生活。
用法讲解
- sequestrate 扣押
相关词汇
- confiscate 没收
- impound 扣押
- seize 抓住
- isolate 使孤立
- keep apart 使分离
- set apart 分开
- requisition 请求
- appropriate 适当的
- repossess 取回
- separate 分开的
- segregate 分离
- cut off 切断
- insulate 使绝缘
- quarantine 隔离
- sequestrate 扣押
- withdraw 撤回
- seclude 隔离
- attach 附上
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