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distrain
- IPA[dɪˈstreɪn]
英式
- seize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed;seize the property of (someone) in order to obtain payment of money owed
verb: distrain, 3rd person present: distrains, gerund or present participle: distraining, past tense: distrained, past participle: distrained
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. seize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed legislation has restricted the right to distrain goods found upon the premises
- ▪ seize the property of (someone) in order to obtain payment of money owed the Crown applied political pressure by distraining debtors
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- IPA[dəˈstrān]
美式
- seize (someone's property) to obtain payment of rent or other money owed: legislation has restricted the right to distrain goods found on the premises
Oxford American Dictionary