sequester

TOEFLGRE

英[s??kwest?(r)]
美[s??kw?st?]

基本釋義

vt.
使隔絕，使隔離; <律>扣押

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Everything he owned was sequestered.

他的所有財(cái)產(chǎn)都被扣押了。

This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.

預(yù)計(jì)這個(gè)陪審團(tuán)將至少被隔離兩個(gè)月。

英英釋義

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"

最新英語(yǔ)單詞

行業(yè)英語(yǔ)