[mass noun]the action of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met 扣押 if such court injunctions are ignored, sequestration of trade union assets will follow. 如果无视法庭指令,工会财产便会被扣押。 ■the action of taking forcible possession of something; confiscation 没收 he demanded the sequestration of the incriminating correspondence. 他要求没收那封控告信。 ■[count noun]an act of declaring someone bankrupt 宣布破产 ■(Chemistry)the action of sequestering a substance (化)螯化,螯合