sequestration
意味一覧 (2件)
隔離
解説 Definition
人、物、資金、情報などを他から隔離・分離・除去する行為です。法律、環境保全、医療など様々な分野で重要な役割を果たします。
Sequestration means the act of separating or isolating something from other people or things. It can be used in formal, legal, medical, or political contexts, depending on what is being set apart or held back. The word is fairly formal and is not common in everyday conversation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sequestration は、何かを通常の流れや集団から切り離して、別の場所や状態で管理するという硬い名詞です。jury sequestration なら陪審員を外部情報から隔離し、carbon sequestration なら二酸化炭素を大気から切り離して閉じ込めます。日常語の isolation より制度的・技術的で、「分けて管理する過程」と覚えると安定します。
Notice the ending -tion: sequestration is the name of a process. Think of something being officially set apart and managed in a separate place. It often appears in formal phrases like carbon sequestration or jury sequestration, so it feels more technical than isolation.
例文
The sequestration of the jury members was necessary for a fair trial.
公正な裁判のために陪審員の隔離が必要でした。
Carbon sequestration removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
炭素隔離は大気中の二酸化炭素を除去します。
All infected patients were sequestered in isolation wards during the pandemic.
パンデミック中、すべての感染患者は隔離病棟に隔離されました。
差し押さえ
(意味 2)解説 Definition
法律・金融の文脈で、財産や収益を当事者の手元から外し、裁判所や管財人などの管理下に置く差し押さえを指します。破産手続き、債務不履行、紛争中の資産保全などで使われ、単なる「隔離」とは別の法的処分の意味合いが強い語です。
Sequestration is a legal or financial action in which property, income, or other assets are taken out of a person's control and placed under the control of a court, trustee, or other authority. It is often used in bankruptcy, debt default, or legal disputes to protect or manage the assets. The word can also mean controlled separation in fields like medicine or the environment, but in this sense it has a strong formal and legal nuance, not just the general idea of isolation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず語尾の -tion で「行為・ प्रक्रियाではなく行為名詞」と捉えると覚えやすいです。使う場面はかなり硬めで、日常の isolate より「制度的に切り離して別枠に置く」感じが強い語。carbon sequestration なら二酸化炭素を回収して閉じ込めること、asset sequestration なら資産の分離・差し押さえ、jury sequestration なら陪審員の隔離。quarantine が感染対策寄り、isolation が広い一般語なのに対し、sequestration は法律・医療・環境での“隔離して管理する処理”として覚えると残りやすいです。
Notice the ending -tion, which tells you this is a noun for a formal process or action. Sequestration often sounds more official and institutional than a general word like isolation. You can remember it as "taking something out of normal use and putting it under separate control," whether that means assets in law, carbon in the environment, or people in special situations like jury sequestration.
例文
The court ordered the sequestration of the company's assets until the debt dispute was resolved.
裁判所は債務争いが解決するまで、その会社の資産の差し押さえを命じた。
Under the bankruptcy process, sequestration of the debtor's income was used to repay creditors.
破産手続きの中で、債務者の収入の差し押さえが債権者への返済に使われた。
The report compared carbon sequestration with asset sequestration, noting that both involve controlled removal and management.
その報告書は炭素の隔離と資産の差し押さえを比較し、どちらも切り離して管理する処理だと述べた。
sequestration の語源・成り立ち Etymology
sequestration はラテン語 sequestrare「第三者に預けて切り離す」に由来し、核の sequester は「脇へ置かれた預かり手」を指した。そこから「共同体から外して別枠に置くこと」が隔離や差し押さえを表し、sequester にも同じ「切り離して保管する」感覚が残る。
Sequestration comes from Latin sequestrare, meaning to hand something over to a third party and set it apart. It is built on sequester, which originally referred to a mediator or trustee holding something aside. From that idea of putting something outside the usual group or use, the word developed meanings like isolation, legal seizure, and reserved storage.
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