1. seize up : 中止；
及物动词
1. (迅速有力地)抓住，捉住
If you seize something, you take hold of it quickly, firmly, and forcefully.
2. (通过暴力突然迅速地)夺取，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.
3. (通常指通过武力)起获，没收，扣押
If a government or other authority seize someone's property, they take it from them, often by force.
4. 逮捕;捉拿;俘获
When someone is seized, they are arrested or captured.
5. 抓住，把握(机会)
When you seize an opportunity, you take advantage of it and do something that you want to do.
1. capture the attention or imagination of
e.g. This story will grab you
The movie seized my imagination
Synonym: grab
2. affect
e.g. Fear seized the prisoners
The patient was seized with unbearable pains
He was seized with a dreadful disease
Synonym: clutchget hold of
3. take hold of
grab
e.g. The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
She clutched her purse
The mother seized her child by the arm
Birds of prey often seize small mammals
4. take or capture by force
e.g. The terrorists seized the politicians
The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages
5. hook by a pull on the line
e.g. strike a fish
6. take possession of by force, as after an invasion
e.g. the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
The army seized the town
The militia captured the castle
Synonym: appropriatecaptureconquer
7. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
e.g. The FBI seized the drugs
The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Synonym: impoundattachsequesterconfiscate
8. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
take as one's right or possession
e.g. He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
he usurped my rights
She seized control of the throne after her husband died