Wordiyosequester
🇬🇧 UK/si'kwestә/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To isolate or set apart from others; to seize or hold property by legal authority.
使隔离，使隐退；扣押，没收
n.
The act of sequestration; separation.
扣押；隔离
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishsequesterother
=sequester
Common Collocations
- 1.sequester a jury隔离陪审团
- 2.sequester assets扣押资产
- 3.sequester carbon封存碳（碳封存）
- 4.[sequester oneself]将自己隔绝于外
Example Sentences
- 1.
The judge ordered the jury to be sequestered for the duration of the high-profile trial.
- 2.
The government moved to sequester the assets of the corrupt official pending investigation.
- 3.
She sequestered herself in a mountain cabin to finish writing her novel.