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VERB
(迅速有力地)抓住，捉住
If you seize something, you take hold of it quickly, firmly, and forcefully.
例句
'Leigh,' he said seizing my arm to hold me back.
“莉，”他說著一把抓住我的胳膊把我拉了回來。
...an otter seizing a fish.
捉到了一條魚的水獺
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VERB
(通過暴力突然迅速地)奪取，攻占，控制
When a group of people seize a place or seize control of it, they take control of it quickly and suddenly, using force.
例句
Troops have seized the airport and railroad terminals...
軍隊已控制了機場和火車站。
Army officers plotted a failed attempt yesterday to seize power.
軍官們昨天奪權未遂。
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VERB
(通常指通過武力)起獲，沒收，扣押
If a government or other authority seize someone's property, they take it from them, often by force.
例句
Police were reported to have seized all copies of this morning's edition of the newspaper...
據說警方已經將該報紙今天的早間版全部沒收。
Bailiffs need a certificate from the county court to seize goods for rent arrears.
查封官需要有郡法院的證明才能沒收貨物以抵欠租。
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VERB
逮捕;捉拿;俘獲
When someone is seized, they are arrested or captured.
例句
UN officials say two military observers were seized by the Khmer Rouge yesterday...
聯合國官員稱昨天有兩名軍事觀察員被紅色高棉逮捕。
Men carrying sub-machine guns seized the five soldiers and drove them away.
持沖鋒槍的幾名男子俘虜了 5 名士兵并開車將他們帶走。
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VERB
抓住，把握(機會)
When you seize an opportunity, you take advantage of it and do something that you want to do.
例句
During the riots hundreds of people seized the opportunity to steal property...
在暴亂中成百上千的人紛紛趁機偷竊財物。
The government now hopes to seize the initiative on education.
如今政府希望抓住教育上的主動權。