sequester

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英[sɪˈkwestə(r)]
美[sɪˈkwɛstɚ]

基本释义

vt.
使隔绝,使隔离; <律>扣押

词性变化

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"

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