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

• Therefore, it is possible to sequester CO2 in this biogas field and produce methane at the same time.
  所以，在生物气田利用产甲烷菌进行CO2地质固定并且产生新的甲烷具有可能性。
• Though both parties would like to replace the sequester with more gradual, selective deficit cuts, they cannot agree on how to do so.
  尽管两党都希望用更具渐进性和选择性的削减赤字的方式取代自动开支削减，但就如何实现这种转变仍未达成一致。
• 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。
• Everything he owned was sequestered.
  他的所有财产都被扣押了。
• In addition to SOC, there is also a huge potential to sequester soil inorganic carbon ( SIC) in arid and semi-arid regions.
  土壤除了固定有机碳外，干旱和半干旱地区土壤还具有固定无机碳的巨大潜力。
• Along the cool sequester'd vale of life;
  沿着那与世隔绝的人生谷地。
• 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
• 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。
• LEON PANETTA: "If the sequester goes into effect and it doubles the number of cuts, then it will truly devastate our national defense."
  LEONPANETTA：“如果封存生效，削减数额翻倍。那么它将真正摧毁我们的国防。”
• 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。