impounded

英 [ɪmˈpaʊndɪd]

美 [ɪmˈpaʊndɪd]

v.  暂时没收; 扣押; 收留(待领的狗、猫等)
impound的过去分词和过去式

过去式：impounded　

BNC.45469 / COCA.40899

柯林斯词典

• VERB 扣押;没收
  If somethingis impoundedby policemen, customs officers or other officials, they officially take possession of it because a law or rule has been broken.
  1. The ship was impounded under the terms of the UN trade embargo...
     该船因触犯联合国贸易禁运条款而被扣押。
  2. The police moved in, arrested him and impounded the cocaine.
     警察冲进去将他拘捕并没收了***。

双语例句

• Yet if the rent wasn't paid, the whole family would be thrown out and their belongings impounded.
  房钱交不上，全家便被撵出去，而且扣了东西。
• IT IS not unusual for charterers of ships to fail to pay their owners, and for the owners to have the vessels and their cargoes impounded.
  租船人拖欠船东租船费用，船东就扣押船只和货物的情其实是屡见不鲜。
• Their passports continued to be impounded and their bans maintained.
  他们的护照继续被扣押，对他们的禁令仍然维持。
• The French impounded two Greenpeace ships off their coast.
  法国人在其近海扣押了两艘绿色和平组织的船。
• Me and my partner handled a lot of impounded shit.
  我和搭档经手很多没收的赃物。
• The southern government has just begun to fight back; it recently impounded two oil-company helicopters that were carrying out unauthorised seismic tests.
  南方政府正在开始回击；最近将两部石油公司的直升飞机没收充公，原因是进行未授权的地震测试。
• The agency impounded film belonging to news organizations.
  宇航局没收了新闻单位的胶卷。
• "When there are road accidents and serious injuries, the vehicles involved are always impounded."
  “当发生交通事故并有重大伤亡时，所有事故车辆都要被扣留。”
• When impounding commodities, goods or other property, the tax authorities must issue a receipt for the items impounded.
  税务机关扣押商品、货物或者其他财产时，必须开付收据；
• Some of those who are impounded go on hunger strike on and off.
  一些被扣押的人断续地进行绝食。