confiscate

英 ['kɒnfɪskeɪt] 美 ['kɒnfɪsˌkeɪt]

• v. 没收；充公

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 没收，充公

   take (private property) away from sb especially with the official right to do so, usually as a punishment

英英释义

Adjective:

1. surrendered as a penalty

Verb:

1. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;

   "The FBI seized the drugs"
   "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"
   "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We'll have to confiscate this object.
   我们要没收这些物品。
2. The present policy of our Party is still to reduce rents, not to confiscate land.
   目前我党方针，仍然是减租而不是没收土地。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. The teacher confiscated my radio because I was playing it in the classroom.
   我在教室里玩收音机，因此老师把它没收了。

经典引文

• When he discovered me reading Dostoievsky..he turned white and confiscated the book.

  出自： A. McCowen

近反义词

【近义词】

• seize 抓住
• sequester 使 ... 隔绝
• impound 扣押
• repossess 取回
• take away 拿走
• remove 消除
• appropriate 适当的
• commandeer 征募(兵役等)...
• take 拿
• dispossess 剥夺
• forfeited 动词forfeit的过去...
• forfeit 没收物
• attach 附上

派生词

v.(动词)

• confiscation n. 没收，充公