seizure
noun
uk/ˈsiː.ʒər/us/ˈsiː.ʒɚ/seizurenoun(TAKING)
[CorU]
theactionof taking something byforceor withlegalauthority:
占领,夺取,攫取;查封,没收,充公seizure ofpower/property/control对权力/财产/控制权的攫取
Seizures ofillicitdrugshaveincreasedby 30percentthisyear.今年,查获的违禁药品增长了30%。
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriate
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- relieve
- rob
- rootsomething/someoneout
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shelf
- stripping
- sweep
seizurenoun(MEDICAL)
[C]
a verysuddenattackof anillnessin which someonebecomesunconsciousordevelopsviolentmovements:
(疾病的)骤发,突发,发作anepilepticseizure癫痫突发
[C]old use
asuddenfailureof theheart:
心脏病突发Hisauntdiedof a seizure.他的姑姑死于心脏病突发。
figurativehumorousWhen I told her how much itcostshenearlyhad a seizure(= she was veryshocked).我告诉她花了多少钱时,她差一点儿吓出毛病来。
Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- hypochondriac
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- terminally
- uncomplicated
- variant
- worried well
- zoonosis
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