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

• The reason for this is that trees affect the world's temperature by means other than the carbon they sequester.
  之所以这样说，是因为树木并不是通过吸收二氧化碳来影响气温的。
• 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。
• Extension of these efforts could one day pay off in the design of new proteins that help fight disease, sequester carbon, or clean up the environment.
  这一努力的延续最终能成功地设计新蛋白质对抗疾病，截存碳和清理环境。
• The sequester, remember, was a doomsday device created to resolve the debt-ceiling crisis in 2011, on the assumption that sequestration was so stupid and damaging that people would do anything to keep it at bay.
  要知道，自动减支的前提是假设人们愿意不惜一切避免这一愚蠢且破坏性的方案，是为了解决2011年债务上限而设立的“末日”工具。
• The United States Department of education dose not { accredited} schools, but the law requires the { sequester} education to publish a list of private accrediting agencies { recognize} as dependable.
  美国教育部不授权学校，但是法律规定，教育部部长公布一个公认的可靠的私人授权代理处。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Potential to Sequester Atmospheric Carbon Through Forest Ecosystems in China
  中国森林生态系统中植物固定大气碳的潜力