英汉词典

sequester 基本解释

• vt. 使隔绝；使隐退；没收，扣押

sequester 词态变化

sequester 中文词源

来自古法语 sequestrer,使分开，使隔离，来自拉丁语 sequestrare,使妥善保管，使安全，来自 sequester,中间的，调解的，引申词义中间人，调解人，受托人，可能来自 sequi,追随，跟随， 词源同 sequence,second.词义演变比较 seconder,支持者，后援者。后引申词义扣押，没收， 强制管理。

sequester 英文词源

sequester (v.)

late 14c., "remove" something, "quarantine, isolate" (someone); "excommunicate;" also intransitive, "separate oneself from," from Old French sequestrer (14c.), from Late Latin sequestrare "to place in safekeeping," from Latin sequester "trustee, mediator," noun use of an adjective meaning "intermediate," which probably is related to sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Meaning "seize by authority, confiscate" is first attested 1510s. Alternative sequestrate (v.) is early 15c., from Latin sequestratus. Related: Sequestered; sequestering.

sequester 英文释义

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"

sequester 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.

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sequester 实用场景例句

Everything he owned was sequestered.

他的所有财产都被扣押了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典