impounded

英 [ɪmˈpaʊndɪd]

美 [ɪmˈpaʊndɪd]

v.  暂时没收; 扣押; 收留(待领的狗、猫等)
impound的过去分词和过去式

过去式：impounded　

BNC.45469 / COCA.40899

柯林斯词典

• VERB 扣押;没收
  If somethingis impoundedby policemen, customs officers or other officials, they officially take possession of it because a law or rule has been broken.
  1. The ship was impounded under the terms of the UN trade embargo...
     该船因触犯联合国贸易禁运条款而被扣押。
  2. The police moved in, arrested him and impounded the cocaine.
     警察冲进去将他拘捕并没收了***。

双语例句

• A plane loaded with weapons from North Korea that was recently impounded in Bangkok was bound for Iran, according to documents obtained by arms-trafficking experts.
  军火走私专家获取的文件说，不久前在曼谷被扣押的装有朝鲜武器的飞机原计划飞往伊朗。
• Since this legal purchase, more than 11 tonnes of illegal African ivory have been impounded en route to China.
  在这次合法交易之后，已有逾11吨非法的非洲象牙在运往中国的途中被扣留。
• Catalina saw our car had been impounded.
  catalina看到我的车被扣押了。
• Some questions need to be answered: How much water was impounded, where and when?
  还需要回答一些问题：何时何地汇集起来的水有多少？
• Some of those who are impounded go on hunger strike on and off.
  一些被扣押的人断续地进行绝食。
• The southern government has just begun to fight back; it recently impounded two oil-company helicopters that were carrying out unauthorised seismic tests.
  南方政府正在开始回击；最近将两部石油公司的直升飞机没收充公，原因是进行未授权的地震测试。
• A little tuna boat get impounded?
  一艘小金枪鱼渔船被没收了？
• I couldn't just let this beauty get impounded.
  我只是不想让这靓车被扣押。
• The agency impounded film belonging to news organizations.
  宇航局没收了新闻单位的胶卷。
• The government as a whole will now come under intense pressure to explain why a vast consignment of explosives from a ship impounded en route to Syria from Iran has been left untouched for two years.
  政府将面临巨大压力来解释为什么从伊朗运往叙利亚的船只上没收的炸药两年来都无人问津。