sequester

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英[sɪˈkwestə(r)]

美[sɪˈkwɛstɚ]

基本意思释义

vt.使隔绝，使隔离; <律>扣押

词性变化

第三人称单数:sequesters;

过去式:sequestered;

过去分词:sequestered;

现在分词:sequestering;

短语及实用例句

Everything he owned was sequestered.

他的所有财产都被扣押了。

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

预计这个陪审团将至少被隔离两个月。

英英释义

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\"