| 词汇 | impound |
| 释义 | impound verb[ T ] uk /ɪmˈpaʊnd/ us /ɪmˈpaʊnd/ If the police impound something that belongs to you, they take it away because you have broken the law: （警方或掌权者）扣押，没收 The police impounded cars and other personal property belonging to the drug dealers.警察没收了毒贩的汽车及其他个人财物。 The vehicle was impounded by customs.车辆被海关扣押了。 Compare confiscate Taking things away from someone or somewhere appropriate bear away carry someone away carry something off collect someone/something from somewhere debug divest someone of something drain drain (something) away drainage dredge expropriate relieve remove rob root something/someone out rout someone out seize shear sweep impound | American Dictionaryimpound verb[ T ] us/ɪmˈpɑʊnd/ to take possession of something by legal right: The police arrested the suspect and impounded his car. impound | Business Englishimpound verb[ T ] LAWuk /ɪmˈpaʊnd/us to take something away from someone because you have the legal right to do so: Companies in breach of the ruling may have certain assets impounded by the court. Examples of impoundimpound High-value vehicles impounded as a result of non-payment of vehicle excise duty and not reclaimed are always auctioned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, there is the impounding reservoir; and then, thinly, there is the use of rivers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The level of impounded water will be between the present high water level and the present low water level. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that most of the water undertakers who are extracting and impounding water will be pumping on some 200 days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The coroner was advised that tape recordings of all telephone and radio conversations had been impounded and could be made available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We now have sophisticated means of cleaning up water, particularly if it is impounded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, and in consequence of that, shipowners demand the faster turn-rounds at estuarial port facilities which do not rely on impounded docks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The total number of livestock impounded was about 3,500 cattle and about 6,000 sheep and goats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During the year 1942 forgeries impounded amounted to about one for every five million notes paid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very briefly, after the necessary double checks, the vehicle will be impounded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One must hope that officials exercise suitable discretion and judgment when deciding whether a vehicle should be impounded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are 2.5 miles long and probably represent the biggest area of impounded water of its type in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that it was not in the public interest to disclose the reasons for impounding the passport. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Impounded stocks are higher in most areas than in 1976 and ground water levels are above average for the time of year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result was that a large quantity of minerals were in this way impounded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of impound These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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