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可卡因。

双语例句

• Mr Thaksin's wealth has been impounded.
  他信的财富已经被没收了。
• 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。
• I couldn't just let this beauty get impounded.
  我只是不想让这靓车被扣押。
• 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。
• Me and my partner handled a lot of impounded shit.
  我和搭档经手很多没收的赃物。
• His car is impounded on the spot, unless a relative or friend comes to fetch it.
  车辆会被当场扣押，直到驾驶员的亲人或朋友来取走车辆。
• The government as a whole will now come under intense pressure to explain why a vast consignment of explosives from a ship impounded en route to Syria from Iran has been left untouched for two years.
  政府将面临巨大压力来解释为什么从伊朗运往叙利亚的船只上没收的炸药两年来都无人问津。
• 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。
• She said the NTC leaders promised to give the case early consideration but she did not link it to the return of impounded Libyan funds.
  她说，全国过渡委员会领导人保证将较早地考虑这个案子，不过她并没有把这个问题与交还被冻结的资产挂钩。
• The agency impounded film belonging to news organizations.
  宇航局没收了新闻单位的胶卷。