| 单词 | sequestration |
| 释义 | sequestration (once / 13808 pages) n WORD FAMILY sequestration: sequestrations+/sequester: sequestered, sequestering, sequesters, sequestration USAGE EXAMPLESWe should be interested ultimately in carbon capture and sequestration for natural gas plants as well. Salon(Dec 22, 2016) The company boasts that is “participating in one third of the world’s carbon capture and sequestration capacity.” Slate(Dec 11, 2016) “This is a sensitive exercise conducted with audiences both ‘weary’ and ‘wary’ of efficiency, cost, sequestration and budget drills,” the confidential memo stated. Washington Post(Dec 05, 2016) 1n the act of segregating or sequestering sequestration of the jury Syn|Ant|Hyper segregation desegregation, integrating, integration the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community separation the social act of separating or parting company 2n seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized Syn|Hyper requisition appropriation a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner 3n a writ that authorizes the seizure of property Hyper judicial writ, writ (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer 4n the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions Hyper chemical action, chemical change, chemical process (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
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