sequester

• vt. 使隔絕；使隱退；沒收，扣押

來自古法語 sequestrer,使分開，使隔離，來自拉丁語 sequestrare,使妥善保管，使安全，來自 sequester,中間的，調解的，引申詞義中間人，調解人，受托人，可能來自 sequi,追隨，跟隨， 詞源同 sequence,second.詞義演變比較 seconder,支持者，後援者。後引申詞義扣押，沒收， 強製管理。

sequester (v.)

late 14c., "remove" something, "quarantine, isolate" (someone); "excommunicate;" also intransitive, "separate oneself from," from Old French sequestrer (14c.), from Late Latin sequestrare "to place in safekeeping," from Latin sequester "trustee, mediator," noun use of an adjective meaning "intermediate," which probably is related to sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Meaning "seize by authority, confiscate" is first attested 1510s. Alternative sequestrate (v.) is early 15c., from Latin sequestratus. Related: Sequestered; sequestering.

1. CO 2 - emitting industries could pay farmers to buy stoves to char and sequester farm waste.

排放二氧化碳的工業會向農民支付一定費用,由農民買燒爐煉木炭、收集農場廢物.

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