【confiscation】 - SAT备考词汇

confiscation

UK:  [ˌkɒnfɪs'keɪʃən]

US:  [ˌkɒnfɪs'keɪʃən]

n.

1.没收

1 . If he had been Loyalist they would have been able to seize his lands for themselves, under confiscation.
如果他是保皇党，他们可以名正言顺没收他的田产，据为己有。

2 . "Confiscation" in the second paragraph includes the confiscation of money, material or other properties.
第二款所称没收，包括对货币、实物或其他财产的没收。

3 . To refuse credit to that merry monarch was to invite confiscation; to grant him credit was certain bankruptcy.
拒绝向这位寻欢作乐的君王赊账，就意味着财产要被没收；而同意向他赊账，又注定会破产。

4 . If he sees any impropriety in politicians ordering executives about, upstaging the courts and threatening confiscation, he has not said so.
即使他见到政治家们的任何不当行为---对BP公司颐指气使、藐视法庭、威胁没收财产等，他也并未吱声。

5 . The fact is, though, as a report this week has pointed out, that mass car-key confiscation would neither be fair nor practical.
但是事实上就如本周的一份报告所指出的，要大范围地收缴老人的汽车钥匙既不公平，也不具有实际的可操作性。