sequester

英 [sɪˈkwestə(r)]

美 [sɪˈkwestər]

v.  隔离(避免陪审团与公众接触)

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

TOEFLGRE化学

BNC.34239 / COCA.17824

牛津词典

verb

verb

• 隔离（避免陪审团与公众接触）
  to keep a jury together in a place, in order to prevent them from talking to other people about a court case, or learning about it in the newspapers, on television, etc.

柯林斯词典

• VERB 同 sequestrate
  Sequestermeans the same assequestrate.
  1. Everything he owned was sequestered.
     他的所有财产都被扣押了。
• VERB 使隔离;使与他人隔绝
  If someoneis sequesteredsomewhere, they are isolated from other people.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• set apart from others
  1. The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
  Synonym:sequestratekeep apartset apartisolate
• keep away from others
  1. He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
  Synonym:secludesequestratewithdraw
• undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
  1. The cations were sequestered
• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
  1. The FBI seized the drugs
  2. The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
  3. The police confiscated the stolen artwork
  Synonym:impoundattachconfiscateseize
• requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
  1. the estate was sequestered

双语例句

• We will invent much improved methods to harness the sun, the wind, nuclear power, and capture and sequester the carbon dioxide emitted from our power plants.
  我们将大量投资有效利用太阳能、风能、核能的新方法，大量投资能够捕获和隔离电厂废气中的二氧化碳的方法。
• For people wanting to sequester cash offshore, Macau patacas can easily be sent into foreign bank accounts.
  对于那些想将现金藏在境外的人来说，澳门元能轻而易举地发往外国银行户头。
• Everything he owned was sequestered.
  他的所有财产都被扣押了。
• I was told I was not a threat to anyone. I was told there was no need to sequester me.
  我被告知我已经没有传染性，将不会对任何人构成威胁，也不需要隔离了。
• Global warming could cause plants in northern regions to lose carbon to the atmosphere rather than sequester it, according to a new international study.
  一项国际研究表明，全球变暖有可能让北半球的植物向大气中释放更多的碳而不是储存它们。
• The lesion usually developed in the middle and lower part of the joint and manifested itself as blurred articular surface, bone destruction, sequester, widened joint space, cold abscess and sinus.
  骶髂关节结核常单侧发病，多位于关节中下部，关节面模糊，骨质破坏及死骨形成，关节间隙增宽，常伴冷脓肿和窦道形成；
• LEON PANETTA: "If the sequester goes into effect and it doubles the number of cuts, then it will truly devastate our national defense."
  LEONPANETTA：“如果封存生效，削减数额翻倍。那么它将真正摧毁我们的国防。”
• Add to that the potential loss of coastal property from rising sea levels, crop loss from drastic weather related incidents, and the need to reforest large swaths of land to sequester CO2.
  另外海平面上升可能造成的沿海家园毁灭，与极端天气相关的灾害也会带来的农作物损失，以及需要大片土地植树造林以固定二氧化碳。
• This should be on top of any global value derived from, for example, keeping forests pristine to sequester carbon and mitigate climate change.
  这项研究应该超越诸如保存森林用于固碳和缓解气候变化等价值。
• Sequester yourself on a private beach with pristine sand, shimmering waters and lush, green mountains rising in the background.
  置身于与世隔绝的私人海滩，沙软潮平，青山环绕，波光粼粼。