sequester
英 [sɪ'kwestə]
美[sɪ'kwɛstɚ]
- vt. 使隔绝；使隐退；没收，扣押
英英释意
- 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"