英语词汇“impound”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

impoundimpound /ɪmˈpaʊnd/ verb [transitive] law

ETYMOLOGYimpound

Origin: 1400-1500 ➔ POUND¹(2)

VERB TABLE

impound

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	impound
	he, she, it	impounds
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	impounded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have impounded
	he, she, it	has impounded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had impounded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will impound
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have impounded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am impounding
	he, she, it	is impounding
	you, we, they	are impounding
Past	I, he, she, it	was impounding
	you, we, they	were impounding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been impounding
	he, she, it	has been impounding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been impounding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be impounding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been impounding

if the police or a court of law impounds your possessions, they take them for a period of time because you have broken a rule or law: The documents were impounded at the beginning of the investigation.