單詞
sequester
英 [s?'kwest?]
美[s?'kw?st?]
基本信息
- vt. 使隔絕；使隱退；沒收，扣押
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
英英釋意
- 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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