sequestration

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating. countable,uncountable
    — the sequestration of juries
  2. A budget cut resulting from a separation of funding mechanisms. US,countable,metonymically,uncountable
    — The company took a revenue hit when sequestration dried up some of its best contracts.

词形变化

词源

From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).
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