sequester

vt. 使隐退, 使隔绝, 扣押, 没收 [化] 螯合剂; 多价螯合剂

发音

UK /sɪˈkwɛs.tə/
UK /səˈkwɛs.tə/
US /sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ/
US /səˈkwɛs.tɚ/

词形变化

sequesters 复数 sequestered sequestering sequesters 三单 sequesters sequestering 现在分词 sequestered 过去式 sequestered 过去分词

别名

sequestre sequest

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    sequestration; separation

  2. 2.

    A sequestrum.

    医学
  3. 3.

    A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee

    法律
v.
  1. 1.

    To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

    隔离

    隔绝

    The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.

  2. 2.

    To separate in order to store.

    The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions.

  3. 3.

    To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

  4. 4.

    To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.

    化学
  5. 5.

    To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.

    假扣押

    法律
  6. 6.

    To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

  7. 7.

    To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.

    美国 及物 政治 法律

    The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.

  8. 8.

    To seize and hold enemy property.

  9. 9.

    To withdraw; to retire.

    不及物
  10. 10.

    To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).

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