| 词汇 | seized |
| 释义 | seized past simple and past participle ofseize seize verb uk /siːz/ us /siːz/ B2[ T ] to take something quickly and keep or hold it: 抓住;夺过 I seized his arm and made him turn to look at me.我抓住他的胳膊，让他转身看着我。 He seized the chance/opportunity of a free flight with both hands(= with eagerness or enthusiasm).他急切地抓住这个搭乘免费航班的机会。 C2[ T ] to take using sudden force: 夺取;攫取;抓获 The rebels have seized ten soldiers to use as hostages.叛乱者俘获了10名士兵作为人质。 Political instability helped the army to seize power.政治动荡使军队攫取了权力。 Troops yesterday seized control of the broadcasting station.昨天部队夺取了广播电台的控制权。 [ T ] If the police or other officials seize something, they take possession of it with legal authority: 没收;查获 Customs officers at Heathrow have seized 60 kilos of heroin.希思罗机场的海关官员查获了60公斤海洛因。 to take something from someone takeHe offered her the microphone but she wouldn't take it. take hold ofGet ready to take hold of the baton as the next runner approaches. snatchHe snatched the letter out of my hands before I could read it. stealThe car was stolen from right outside our house. pinchA thief pinched his wallet and phone. seizeFederal agents seized two computers. [ usually passive ] If a strong emotion or pain seizes you, you feel it suddenly: （强烈情感或剧痛）突然侵袭 I was suddenly seized by/with a feeling of great insecurity and loneliness.我突然感到很不安全，很孤独。 She seized the gun and ran at him. Seizing the book in both hands, she threw it across the room. Heroin worth about $5 million was seized.缴获了价值约500万美元的海洛因。 The soldiers fell on the villagers and seized all their weapons.士兵们袭击了村民，并缴获了所有武器。 The terrorists have seized 20 hostages and are threatening to kill one a day unless their demands are met.恐怖分子劫持了20名人质，并威胁除非他们的要求得到满足，否则将每天杀掉一名人质。 Having in your hands arm chokehold clasp clench cling clutch dandle grasp grim grip hand in handidiom handle hang hang/hold on like grim deathidiom join handsidiom nurse onto purchase seize taken You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Capturing or taking possession of things Attacking & invading Taking things away from someone or somewhere Knowledge and awareness Phrasal verbsseize on/upon something seize up Examples of seizedseized In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They have seized their chance with both hands, and promoted the development of 'community services'. A transformation can mainly be expected if contradictions in the arrangement are seized upon by certain social actors who endeavour to bring about change. Falling rates of mortality and morbidity were seized upon as signs of the successful realisation of the party's programme. A unique opportunity has been seized to gather information on the industrial landscape of shore whaling. Once this report was published, its research-based call for music in the workplace was seized upon by other bodies within the human relations school. Two further oxen were seized as heriots, one compounded for £10 and the other for £15. They were also sometimes seized and moved by rulers and would-be rulers seeking to make use of their symbolic power. The occurrence of in the conclusion of the rule is needed because at this point the continuation is seized by the control operator. Others were seized in raids and reworked for the corso or broken up for their wood. Moreover, on the day that ' ' it seized power in 1976, the military junta issued a decree removing all justices. In the midst of the chaos the rebels seized the main command and control centre. They were active innovators who seized political opportunities as they unfolded during this critical historical moment. The histories also record the cases of emperors who seized women for their court harem. In many cases those collectively held accountable for debts were also seized and even sold. For the wave of destruction also created new opportunities, which most communities eventually seized. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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