Confiscate
[ 'kɑnfɪsket ]
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vt. 没收;充公;查抄;征用;
adj. 被没收的，被充公的;被征用的;
💡 词根助记
con(com-=wholly)+fisc(treasury)+ate(动词后缀)→没收；充公
📝 例句
We have to confiscate your cat.
我们要没收您的猫。
We'll have to confiscate this object.
我们要没收这些物品。
The traitor's property was confiscated.
那个叛国者的财产被没收了。
The government confiscated the land.
政府征用了那片土地。
To seize(property)by force or authority;confiscate.
征收用武力或权势夺取（财产）；充公
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ con-前缀“一起”,fisc-国库,ate-动缀:一起交给国库→没收
※ con-前缀“共同”,fisc-国库,ate-吃:把某人的财产没收进国库,大家共同吃他这笔钱
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
confiscate
v[Tn]
take possession of (sb's property) by authority, without payment or compensation 没收（某人的财产）; 充公
The headmaster confiscated Tommy's pea-shooter. 校长没收了汤米的射豆枪.
If you are caught smuggling goods into the country, they will probably be confiscated. 假若查出你向该国走私货物, 你的货物准得没收. > confiscation n [C, U].
🔁 扩展释义
*['kɒnfiskeit]vt. 没收, 把...充公, 查抄a. 被没收的【法】 没收, 查抄, 徵用
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or we won't be finished by dinnertime.
要不然， 晚餐时间到了我们还做不完。
My feeling is that you ought to stay home tonight.
我感觉你应该今晚呆在家。
Thanks. I wonder if I could use your phone.
谢谢。我想知道是否可以用你的电话。