- [uncountable, countable] seizure (of something)
the use of legal authority to take something from somebody; an amount of something that is taken in this way 起获;没收;起获的赃物;没收的财产 The court ordered the seizure of his assets. 法庭下令没收他的财产。 the largest ever seizure of cocaine at a British port 在英国口岸起获的历来数量最大的一批可卡因 The Act confers powers of entry, search and seizure on the police. 该法案授予警察入室、搜查和扣押的权力。
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- [uncountable] seizure of something
the act of using force to take control of a country, town, etc. 夺取;占领;控制 the army’s seizure of power 军队对政权的夺取 the seizure of Burma by Japan in 1942 1942 年日军对缅甸的占领 The invasion began with the seizure of the country's largest southern city. 入侵的第一步是占领该国南部最大的城市。
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a sudden attack of an illness, especially one that affects the brain (疾病,尤指脑病的)突然侵袭,发作 to have/suffer an epileptic seizure 癫痫发作