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sequester
- IPA[səˈkwestər]
美式
- isolate or hide away；take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met
- a general cut in government spending
verb: sequester, 3rd person present: sequesters, gerund or present participle: sequestering, past tense: sequestered, past participle: sequestered
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動詞
- 1. isolate or hide away Tiberius was sequestered on an island the jurors had been sequestered since Monday 同義詞
- 2. take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met the power of courts to sequester the assets of unions
- ▪ take forcible possession of (something); confiscate rebel property was sequestered and a military government installed
- ▪ legally place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for division among the creditors a trustee in a sequestered estate
- 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
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
- (of a place) isolated and hidden away: a wild sequestered spot
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a place) isolated and hidden away: a wild sequestered spot
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[sɪˈkwɛstə]
英式
- isolate or hide away: she is sequestered in deepest Dorset the artist sequestered himself in his studio for two years
- 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
Oxford Dictionary
