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

• Me and my partner handled a lot of impounded shit.
  我和搭档经手很多没收的赃物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• The French impounded two Greenpeace ships off their coast.
  法国人在其近海扣押了两艘绿色和平组织的船。
• The police moved in, arrested him and impounded the cocaine.
  警察冲进去将他拘捕并没收了***。
• They immediately impounded the aircraft and hauled the pilot into an interrogation room.
  他们立即扣留了飞机并把飞行员押到了审讯室。
• 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。