sequester

释义

vt.使隔绝，使隔离; <律>扣押

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   sequesters ; 过去式 :   sequestered ; 过去分词 :   sequestered ; 现在分词 :   sequestering ;

实用场景例句

His entire estate was sequestered by legal authorities.

他的全部财产被法律当局扣押了。

金山词霸

The jury members are expected to stay sequestered for at least two months.

这群陪审员预计将被隔离至少两个月时间。

金山词霸

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"