sequester

英[sɪˈkwestə(r)]

美[sɪˈkwɛstɚ]

TOEFL GRE

基本释义

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。

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"