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单词 sequester
释义
sequester
verb[T]
uk
/sɪˈkwes.tər/us
/sɪˈkwes.tɚ/

sequesterverb[T](PROPERTY)

lawspecialized
(alsosequestrate,uk/ˈsiː.kwə.streɪt/us/ˈsiː.kwə.streɪt/)
to taketemporarypossessionof someone'spropertyuntil they havepaidmoneythat isowedor until they haveobeyedacourtorder
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Capturing or taking possession of things
  • -grabbing
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • arrogate
  • at bayidiom
  • cage
  • capture
  • catch
  • clutch
  • collar
  • corner
  • entangle
  • get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
  • grab
  • grabber
  • repo
  • repo man
  • seize
  • sequestration
  • snag
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sequesterverb[T](PEOPLE)

US
tokeeppeople,especiallyajury, together in aplaceso that they cannot beinfluencedby otherpeople, bynewspaperreports, etc.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Isolating and separating
  • at one/this etc. removeidiom
  • Brexit
  • compartmentalization
  • compartmentalize
  • conesomethingoff
  • disengage
  • estrangement
  • free-floating
  • hard Brexitidiom
  • insulation
  • insulator
  • rope
  • ropesomething/somewhereoff
  • screensomethingoff
  • seclude
  • segregate
  • wrench
  • wrenching
  • zonal
  • zonally
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Court cases, orders & decisions

sequesterverb[T](SUBSTANCE)

environmentspecialized
toseparateandstoreaharmfulsubstancesuch ascarbondioxidein a way thatkeepsitsafe:
He said allcoalplantsshould becloseduntil theyfinda way to sequester thecarbondioxidetheyemit.
Agrowingforestsequesterscarbonand gives offoxygen.
More examples
  • Theamountofcarbonin theatmospheremust bereduced, either byloweringemissionsor by sequesteringcarbonfrom theatmosphere.
  • They shouldaimto sequester allsignificantcachesofhighlyenricheduraniumused inresearchreactorsworldwide.
  • Ecosystems with highbiodiversitywill take up and sequester morecarbonandnitrogen.
  • Mercuryand other sequesteredtoxinsareleachingout of themeltingpermafrostand into theocean.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Environmental issues
  • agroecology
  • air pollution
  • anti-conservation
  • anti-conservationist
  • anti-consumer
  • biodegradable
  • carbon neutral
  • environmentally
  • feed-in tariff
  • food insecure
  • food insecurity
  • food secure
  • noise pollution
  • nuclear winter
  • populate
  • sustainably
  • tidal power
  • tree hugger
  • ULEZ
  • ultra-efficient
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Related word

sequestration
(Definition ofsequesterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
sequester
verb[T]
lawspecialized
uk
/sɪˈkwes.tər/us
/sɪˈkwes.tɚ/

sequesterverb[T](TAKE)

(alsosequestrate)
to taketemporarypossessionof someone'spropertyuntil they havepaidback themoneythat isowedor until they haveobeyedacourtorder
扣押（资产）

sequesterverb[T](KEEP SEPARATE)

US
tokeepajurytogether in aplaceso that themembersof thejurycannotdiscussthecasewith otherpeopleorreadorhearnewsreportsabout it
隔离（陪审团）（以免其判断受外界影响）

sequester| American Dictionary

sequester
verb[T]
law
us
/sɪˈkwes·tər/
tokeepthepeopleon ajury(=groupdecidingalegalcase)separatefrom everyoneelse,evenfromtheirfamilies, whiledecidingacase:
Thejudgerefusedto have thejurysequestered.
(Definition ofsequesterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

sequester| Business English

sequester
verb[T]
uk
/sɪˈkwestər/us
LAW,PROPERTY
(alsosequestrate)
to taketemporarypossessionof someone'spropertyuntil they havepaidback themoneythat theyborrowedinordertobuyit, or until they haveobeyedacourtorder:
Yousigntheacknowledgementofdebtnow and a fewmonthslateryourpropertywill be sequestered.
LAW
tokeepajurytogether in aplaceso that they cannotdiscussthecasewith otherpeopleorseeorhearnewsreportsabout it:
He isexpectedtoruleon amotionto sequesterjurorsduring thetrial.
(Definition ofsequesterfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsequester

sequester
In previtellogenic oocytes the ankryin-like protein is sequestered in spherical bodies (a) surrounded by a perinuclear localisation of p58 (b).
From theCambridge English Corpus
A large part of the l-reduction results from sequestering a redox center from the aqueous solvent environment.
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Consider first the marginal effect of changing the price per unit of carbon sequestered.
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The estimates for number of hectares to be planted and additional carbon sequestered are based on approved but not necessarily guaranteed funding.
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The process whereby royalist property was sequestered has long been attacked both by contemporary observers and by modern historians.
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When considering other crops, environmentalists and economists should emphasize similar systems that are capable of sequestering carbon and emerging as a sustainable agricultural system.
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What could become a model for approaching childhood disturbance of all kinds is sequestered into a circumscribed set of categories.
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The recurrent infections of the respiratory tract were probably related to the sequestered lower lobe of the right lung.
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In either case, it may have been sequestered in the cave to mitigate or increase its power and effectiveness.
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In addition to revenue from agricultural output, farmers can earn money for sequestering carbon in the soil.
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Increases in the discount rate unambiguously decrease the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil.
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The effect is more pronounced with molecular beacons which are sequestered into a stable hairpin loop when displaced [5].
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Calcium microinjection in both cases caused a local increase at the site of injection that subsided gradually as the injected calcium was sequestered.
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Possibly, hatchling keelbacks remain inactive or sequestered until it begins to rain.
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Migration via the systemic route also implies that schistosomula are sequestered within the hepatic portal system by losing the ability to negotiate capillary beds, in this case the hepatic sinusoids.
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