Sequester



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 使) 隐退, 隐居
• ［英］ v. ( 使) 隐退, 隐居 ( seclude, withdraw)
• ［记］ 注意不要和sequestrate ( 扣押) 相混, 两个单词均来自sequ ( 跟随)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (-tered; ~ing)

• Etymology: Middle English sequestren, from Anglo-French sequestrer, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from ~ third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, otherwise; akin to Latin sequi to follow
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. to set apart ; segregate zuoxie~ a juryyouxie
  • b. seclude, withdraw zuoxiewidely spaced homes are forbiddingly grand and ~ed — Don Asheryouxie
• 2.
  • a. to seize especially by a writ of sequestration
  • b. to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration
• 3. to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex

II. noun

• Date: 1604
• obsolete separation, isolation

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