confiscate

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vt. 没收, 把...充公, 查抄 a. 被没收的

发音

UK /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/
US /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/

词形变化

confiscated confiscates 三单 confiscates confiscating confiscating 现在分词 confiscated 过去式 confiscated 过去分词

别名

confuscate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

    没收

    充公

    及物

    In schools, it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

    1768, Alexander Dow (translator), The History of Hindostan by Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī, London: T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt, Volume 2, Section 4, p. 63, The Persian having evacuated the imperial provinces, the vizier became more cruel and oppressive than ever: he extorted money from the poor by tortures, and confiscated the estates of the nobility, upon false or very frivolous pretences.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

    废旧

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词源

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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