【每日一词】 sequester - vt. 使隔绝；使隐退；没收，扣押；n. 隔离；扣押；退隐
Definition:
1 of 2 verb
1a: to set apart : SEGREGATE
sequester a jury
1b: SECLUDE, WITHDRAW
widely spaced homes are forbiddingly grand and sequestered—Don Asher
2a: to seize especially by a writ of sequestration
2b: to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration
3: to bind (a metal or metal ion) in the form of a soluble complex or chelate by adding a suitable reagent for the purpose of preventing precipitation in water solution by chemical agents that would normally bring it about, of solubilizing precipitates already formed, or of otherwise suppressing undesired chemical or biological activity
sequester calcium and magnesium ions in the softening of hard water
also : to bind or absorb (carbon dioxide) as part of a larger chemical process or compound
… half of the starting material will be used up and half will be char. That can then be put back on the fields, where it will sequester carbon and help grow the next crop. —Emma Marris
sequester
2 of 2noun
1: the imposition of automatic government spending reductions in accordance with sequestration
2obsolete : SEPARATION, ISOLATION
Synonyms
Verb
cut off,insulate,isolate,seclude,segregate,
separate
短语
sequester a jury: 隔离陪审团
Uric-acid-sequester herbal extract: 逐酸活血汤
In-situ replantation of sequester: 死骨原位再植
sequester oneself from the world: 隐居；与世隔绝
ORGANIC SEQUESTER: 有机螯合；有机固
sequester carbon: 碳截存
Examples of sequester in a Sentence
Verb
The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached.
He was sequestered in his room.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
While TikTok did make sweeping promises that Project Texas would sequester Americans' data from the company's Chinese headquarters, reports have indicated that data still flows between TikTok's U.S. personnel and those in China.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 14 May 2024
The cells construct special compartments within themselves to temporarily sequester the proteins.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2024
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