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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

        • 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
        • The United States has 100 to 160 conventional coal-fired plants on the drawing boards, all with life spans of about 40 years, and none equipped to capture and sequester CO2.
          美国在计划中的常规燃煤电厂有100到160座,服务期限都是40年,而且没有任何用以捕获和隔离二氧化碳的设备。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • CO2-emitting industries could pay farmers to buy stoves to char and sequester farm waste.
          会排放二氧化碳的工厂要为农民购买生产碳的炉子,还要清除农业废弃物。
        • This should be on top of any global value derived from, for example, keeping forests pristine to sequester carbon and mitigate climate change.
          这项研究应该超越诸如保存森林用于固碳和缓解气候变化等价值。
        • 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。
        • The sequester, remember, was a doomsday device created to resolve the debt-ceiling crisis in 2011, on the assumption that sequestration was so stupid and damaging that people would do anything to keep it at bay.
          要知道,自动减支的前提是假设人们愿意不惜一切避免这一愚蠢且破坏性的方案,是为了解决2011年债务上限而设立的“末日”工具。
        • 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。
        • 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。