词汇 | confiscating |
释义 | confiscating present participle ofconfiscate confiscate verb[ T ] uk /ˈkɒn.fɪ.skeɪt/ us /ˈkɑːn.fə.skeɪt/ to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period, after which it is returned to the owner: (通常指作为惩罚)没收,把…充公 Miss Edwards confiscated my phone!爱德华小姐没收了我的电话! His passport was confiscated by the police to prevent him from leaving the country.警方没收了他的护照,以防他出境。 Compare impound seize sequester 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 (something) away drainage dredge expropriate relieve removal remove rob root something/someone out rout someone out seizure shear sweep Related wordconfiscation Examples of confiscatingconfiscating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Confiscating and reading through his manuscripts, the agents decided to send him to a prison psychiatrist. The army, in its punitive mission, was accused by parliamentarians from the region of confiscating thousands of cattle, which were then sold in local markets. At the same time, the authorities started to crack down on amateur bands, breaking up concerts and confiscating equipment. In each case, colonial forces succeeded relatively quickly in establishing military supremacy over the chief's territory, and in confiscating large numbers of cattle belonging to the rebellious chiefdom. Excluding harvesters involuntarily will be interpreted as confiscating prescriptive property rights, rights actually or perceived to have been acquired by active engagement in the fishery for a number of years. That is the equivalent of confiscating from pension funds and other tax-free funds more than the windfall tax each and every year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are actively helping regional and international efforts aimed at interdicting drug smuggling, pursuing drug traffickers and confiscating their assets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is no reason for confiscating a large part of the future development value of land which is already in the hands of the universities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You are confiscating this property; you are taking it without giving any compensation in return. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How does that justify you in confiscating the whole of the funds, and trying to get the whole of them for these ancillary purposes? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a very different thing from confiscating the property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To define slots as national assets when government policy has constrained the infrastructure is tantamount to confiscating airlines' business and would be utterly wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first deals with a new night offence while the other clarifies the law on confiscating noise-making equipment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The penalties for offences can rightly be severe and include confiscating vehicles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also the possibility of confiscating the car in cases of extreme excess levels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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