新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

seize

英 [siːz]

[VERB]

词汇频率：

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

seize on , seize upon
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 利用
If you seize on something or seize upon it, you show great interest in it, often because it is useful to you.
双语例句
例：
Newspapers seized on the results as proof that global warming wasn't really happening.
各家报纸都用这些结果来证明全球变暖并未真正发生。
seize up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] （人体某部位）发僵
If a part of your body seizes up, it suddenly stops working, because you have strained it or because you are getting old.
双语例句
例：
After two days' exertions, it's the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs.
两天的劳累之后，突然发僵的是胳膊和手，并不是双腿。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] （机器）失灵
If something such as an engine seizes up, it stops working, because it has not been properly cared for.
双语例句
例：
She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
她用柴油代替汽油灌入油箱，造成发动机失灵。

VERB. 动词

seizes , seizing , seized
1. [T 及物动词] （迅速有力地）抓住
If you seize something, you take hold of it quickly, firmly, and forcefully.
双语例句
例：
'Leigh,' he said, seizing my arm to hold me back.
“莉，”他说着便抓住我的胳膊把我拉了回来。
2. [T 及物动词] 攻占 , 夺取
When a group of people seize a place or seize control of it, they take control of it quickly and suddenly, using force.
近义词
take
双语例句
例：
Troops have seized the airport and railway terminals.
军队已经占领了机场和铁路终点站。
3. [T 及物动词] 没收 , 查封
If a government or other authority seize someone's property, they take it from them, often by force.
双语例句
例：
Police were reported to have seized all copies of this morning's edition of the newspaper.
据报道警方已没收了该报纸今早所有的出刊。
4. [T 及物动词] 逮捕 , 俘获
When someone is seized, they are arrested or captured.
双语例句
例：
UN officials say two military observers were seized by the Khmer Rouge yesterday.
联合国官员称，昨天有两名军事观察员被红色高棉组织俘获。
5. [T 及物动词] 抓住（机会）
When you seize an opportunity, you take advantage of it and do something that you want to do.
双语例句
例：
During the riots hundreds of people seized the opportunity to steal property.
暴乱期间数以百计的人乘机窃取财物。

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