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sequester

美[sɪ'kwestər]  英[sɪ'kwestə(r)]
vt.  扣押
  过去式:sequestered  过去分词:sequestered  现在分词:sequestering  第三人称单数:sequesters
  近义词:confiscate,impound,seize,isolate,keepapart,setapart,requisition,appropriate,repossess,separate,segregate,cutoff,insulate,quarantine,sequestrate,withdraw,seclude,attach,

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"

例句

  1. The retired film star sequestered herself from the world.这位退休的影星过着隐居的生活。
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