seizing
present participle ofseize
| 单词 | seizing |
| 释义 | seizing present participle ofseize seize verb uk/siːz/us/siːz/B2[T] to take somethingquicklyandkeeporholdit: I seized hisarmand made himturntolookat me. He seized thechance/opportunityof afreeflightwith bothhands(= witheagernessorenthusiasm). C2[T] to take usingsuddenforce: Therebelshave seized tensoldiersto use ashostages. Politicalinstabilityhelpedthearmyto seizepower. Troopsyesterdayseizedcontrolof thebroadcastingstation. [T] If thepoliceor otherofficialsseize something, they takepossessionof it withlegalauthority: Customsofficersat Heathrow have seized 60kilosofheroin. to take something from someone
[usually passive] If astrongemotionorpainseizes you, youfeelitsuddenly: I wassuddenlyseizedby/withafeelingofgreatinsecurityandloneliness.
Having in your hands
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Capturing or taking possession of things Attacking & invading Taking things away from someone or somewhere Knowledge and awareness Phrasal verbsseize on/uponsomething seize up Examplesofseizingseizing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The same theory of franchises that justified granting andseizingcorporate privileges also justified modifying them by these means. From theCambridge English Corpus Still, it is worth noting that even when it is a simple matter ofseizingattention, the necessary actions are often coercive. From theCambridge English Corpus This happens whenever the ways and means ofseizingproperty described above are used. From theCambridge English Corpus They use strong words likeseizingand pinned, while mutant implies that what we know can suddenly become unknown. From theCambridge English Corpus With confusion threatening, it is helpful to preserve coherence byseizingone particular perspective, that of construction history and construction historians. From theCambridge English Corpus By producing an interrogative in second position, speakers in effect create a new first position assessment,seizingthe epistemic rights that accrue to that position. From theCambridge English Corpus Over the next twelve years, the profound sectional polarityseizingthe nation would insinuate itself into the basic structure of the congressional election season. From theCambridge English Corpus His book is intellectually stimulating; he delights inseizingan idea and worrying at it, like a cat toying with a mouse. From theCambridge English Corpus The ' colonial civic order ' produced reactions to colonial impingement, negotiations with foreign authorities, and theseizingof opportunities to break with old orders. From theCambridge English Corpus They mobilized the former sharecroppers against the landowner byseizingthe farm piece by piece. From theCambridge English Corpus Seizingthe moment, the advocates of free trade made their move. From theCambridge English Corpus Byseizingthe moral high ground older people not only hope to set an example. From theCambridge English Corpus In taking some responsibilities formerly exercised by architects, it appeared that new competitors wereseizingpre-existing market opportunities. From theCambridge English Corpus Computationally, this derivation amounts toseizingthe current continuation and then immediately invoking it. From theCambridge English Corpus The imagery of 'seizing' another's mind or 'causing it to bend' is highly significant. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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