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1. Oxford Dictionary

   sequester

   • IPA[sɪˈkwɛstə]

   英式

   • v.
     isolate or hide away；another term for sequestrate
   • n.
     a general cut in government spending

   • verb: sequester, 3rd person present: sequesters, gerund or present participle: sequestering, past tense: sequestered, past participle: sequestered

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. isolate or hide away she is sequestered in deepest Dorset the artist sequestered himself in his studio for two years 同義詞 isolate oneself, hide oneself away, shut oneself away, seclude oneself, cut/shut oneself off, ... 更多set oneself apart, segregate oneself, closet oneself, withdraw oneself, remove oneself, retire
   • 2. another term for sequestrate
   • 3. form a chelate or other stable compound with (an ion, atom, or molecule) so that it is no longer available for reactions non-precipitating water softeners use complex phosphates to sequester calcium and magnesium ions the organic sequestering agent EDTA

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. US a general cut in government spending if the budget deal hadn't gone through, there would have been a sequester of at least $100 billion