学个词Learn a Word 第1238期 confiscate

　　今天我们要学的词是confiscate¹。 Confiscate, 没收。 "The police confiscated² a dozen handguns and over $100,000 worth of drugs during the raid," 警察在突袭行动中收缴了12只手枪和价值十多万美元的毒品。 "Thai Customs officials confiscated smuggled³ shipments of endangered animals four times in less than two months," 泰国海关在不到两个月的时间里收缴了四批非法走私的濒危动物。 "North Korea has started to confiscate cell phones in order to suppress news from the outside world," 北韩为封锁外部世界的消息，开始收缴手机。好的，今天我们学习的词是confiscate...

1 confiscate   

v.没收(私人财产)，把…充公

参考例句：

• The police have the right to confiscate any forbidden objects they find.如发现违禁货物，警方有权查扣。
• Did the teacher confiscate your toy?老师没收你的玩具了吗？

2 confiscated   

没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

3 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网