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单词 impound
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impound
verb[T]
uk
/ɪmˈpaʊnd/us
/ɪmˈpaʊnd/
If thepoliceimpound something thatbelongsto you, they take it away because you havebrokenthelaw:
（警方或掌权者）扣押，没收
Thepoliceimpoundedcarsand otherpersonalpropertybelongingto thedrugdealers.警察没收了毒贩的汽车及其他个人财物。
Thevehiclewas impounded bycustoms.车辆被海关扣押了。
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
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(Definition ofimpoundfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

impound| American Dictionary

impound
verb[T]
us
/ɪmˈpɑʊnd/
to takepossessionof something bylegalright:
Thepolicearrestedthesuspectand impounded hiscar.
(Definition ofimpoundfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

impound| Business English

impound
verb[T]
LAW
uk
/ɪmˈpaʊnd/us
to take something away from someone because you have thelegalrightto do so:
Companies inbreachof therulingmay havecertainassetsimpounded by thecourt.
(Definition ofimpoundfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpound

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High-value vehicles impounded as a result of non-payment of vehicle excise duty and not reclaimed are always auctioned.
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Secondly, there is the impounding reservoir; and then, thinly, there is the use of rivers.
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The level of impounded water will be between the present high water level and the present low water level.
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I understand that most of the water undertakers who are extracting and impounding water will be pumping on some 200 days.
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The coroner was advised that tape recordings of all telephone and radio conversations had been impounded and could be made available.
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We now have sophisticated means of cleaning up water, particularly if it is impounded.
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Secondly, and in consequence of that, shipowners demand the faster turn-rounds at estuarial port facilities which do not rely on impounded docks.
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The total number of livestock impounded was about 3,500 cattle and about 6,000 sheep and goats.
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During the year 1942 forgeries impounded amounted to about one for every five million notes paid.
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Very briefly, after the necessary double checks, the vehicle will be impounded.
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One must hope that officials exercise suitable discretion and judgment when deciding whether a vehicle should be impounded.
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They are 2.5 miles long and probably represent the biggest area of impounded water of its type in the world.
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I said that it was not in the public interest to disclose the reasons for impounding the passport.
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Impounded stocks are higher in most areas than in 1976 and ground water levels are above average for the time of year.
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The result was that a large quantity of minerals were in this way impounded.
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