sequester
/sɪˈkwestə(r)/verb
with obj.
1
- isolate or hide away (someone or something)使隔绝; 把…藏起来：
she is sequestered in deepest Dorset
她隐藏在多塞特郡的最深处
the artist sequestered himself in his studio for two years.
那位画家在画室里一藏身就是两年。
1.1
- Chemistry form a chelate or other stable compound with (an ion, atom, or molecule) so that it is no longer available for reactions【化】多价螯合。
2
- another term for SEQUESTRATE.
词源
late Middle English: from Old French sequestrer or late Latin sequestrare 'commit for safe keeping', from Latin sequester 'trustee'.