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

sequester

Verb

requisition forcibly, as of enemy property;

"the estate was sequestered"

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"

undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion;

"The cations were sequestered"

keep away from others;

"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

set apart from others;

"The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

sequester例句

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

sequester近义词

confiscate impound seize isolate keep apart set apart requisition appropriate repossess separate segregate cut off insulate quarantine sequestrate withdraw seclude attach