• vt. 抓住；奪取；理解；逮捕
• vi. 抓住；利用；（機(jī)器）卡住

來自中古英語 seisen,占據(jù)，奪取，來自古法語 seisir,占據(jù)，奪取，來自拉丁語 sacire,聲稱， 要求，借自 Proto-Germanic*sakana,要求，尋求，訴求，來自 PIE*sag,要求，尋求，詞源同 seek,sake.

seize

seize: [13] Seize entered English as a term in the feudal legal system, meaning ‘take possession of property’. It was borrowed from Old French seisir, which went back via a Gallo-Latin *sacīre ‘claim’ to a prehistoric Germanic *sakjan. This in turn was derived from the base *sak- ‘process’, which also produced English sake (one of whose ancestral meanings was ‘legal action’).
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seize (v.)

mid-13c., from Old French seisir "to take possession of, take by force; put in possession of, bestow upon" (Modern French saisir), from Late Latin sacire, which is generally held to be from a Germanic source, but the exact origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Frankish *sakjan "lay claim to" (compare Gothic sokjan, Old English secan "to seek;" see seek). Or perhaps from Proto-Germanic *satjan "to place" (see set (v.)).

Originally a legal term in reference to feudal property holdings or offices. Meaning "to grip with the hands or teeth" is from c. 1300; that of "to take possession by force or capture" (of a city, etc.) is from mid-14c. Figurative use, with reference to death, disease, fear, etc. is from late 14c. Meaning "to grasp with the mind" is attested from 1855. Of engines or other mechanisms, attested from 1878. Related: Seized; seizing.

1. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

人生就應(yīng)該是快樂的，要抓住每一天，孩子們，讓你們的生活變得非凡起來。

來自電影《死亡詩社》

2. Army officers plotted a failed attempt yesterday to seize power.

軍官們昨天奪權(quán)未遂。

來自柯林斯例句

3. 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(quán)。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Coup plotters tried to seize power in Moscow.

政變謀劃者試圖奪取莫斯科的政權(quán)。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The lady conspired to seize supreme power.

該女士圖謀攫取最高權(quán)力。

來自柯林斯例句