名词
1. (尤指心脏病或脑部疾病的)突然发作,侵袭
If someone has a seizure, they have a sudden violent attack of an illness, especially one that affects their heart or brain.
2. (对权力、土地的)夺取;(突然的)占领,控制
If there is a seizure of power or a seizure of an area of land, a group of people suddenly take control of the place, using force.
3. (对非法物品的)起获,查封
When an organization such as the police or customs service makes a seizure of illegal goods, they find them and take them away.
4. (因欠款未还而采取的)没收,充公
If a financial institution or a government makes a seizure of someone's assets, they take their money or property from them because they have not paid money that they owe.
1. the taking possession of something by legal process
2. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
Synonym: capturegaining control
3. the act of taking of a person by force
Synonym: capture
4. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
e.g. he suffered an epileptic seizure