| 释义 |
sequester /si-kwesˈtər/ transitive verb- To set aside
- To seclude
- To set apart
- To confiscate
- To remove (property, etc) from someone's possession until a dispute can be settled, creditors satisfied, etc
- To hold the income of (a vacant benefice) for the benefit of the next incumbent
- To sequester the estate or benefice of
- To remove or render ineffective (a metal ion) by adding a reagent that forms a complex with it (eg as a means of preventing or getting rid of precipitation in water)
intransitive verb (obsolete)To seclude oneself noun /sekˈwis-tər/ (Shakespeare)Seclusion ORIGIN: LL sequestrāre, -ātum, from L sequester a depositary, from secus apart sequesˈtered adjective Retired, secluded sequesˈtrable adjective sequesˈtral adjective sequesˈtrant noun (chem) A substance which removes an ion or renders it ineffective, by forming a complex with the ion sequestrate /sekˈ, sēkˈ or si-kwesˈ/ transitive verb - To sequester
- To vest (the property, assets, etc of a bankrupt individual) in a trustee for distribution amongst creditors (Scots law)
- To render (a person) bankrupt (Scots law)
sequestrāˈtion /sek-, sēk-/ noun - The act of sequestering
- The process of vesting a bankrupt's property, assets, etc, with a trustee for distribution amongst creditors, bankruptcy (Scots law)
- The action of a sequestrant (chem)
- A portion of diseased or dead tissue detached from, or joined abnormally to, surrounding healthy tissue (medicine)
seqˈuestrātor noun sequesˈtrum noun (pl sequesˈtra) (pathology) A fragment of dead or diseased bone that has become detached from healthy bone, as in osteomyelitis |