hijack

[英] [ˈhaidʒæk] [美] [ˈhaɪˌdʒæk] 生词本

vt.

n.

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1. VERB 劫持(飞机或其他交通工具) If someone hijacks a plane or other vehicle, they illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another. 
  • Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk...

    两名男子试图劫持一架从里加飞往摩尔曼斯克的飞机。

  • A Korean airliner was hijacked by two passengers and forced to fly to Tashkent...

    一架韩国的大型客机被两名乘客劫持,被迫飞往塔什干。

  • The hijacked plane exploded in a ball of fire.

    被劫持的飞机爆炸,变成了一团火球。

  • Hijack is also a noun.
    • Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.

      被劫持过程中,每一分钟都过得如同一周那么漫长。

hijacking
  • Car hijackings are running at a rate of nearly 50 a day.

    劫车事件的发生率高达每天近50起。

2. VERB 强行控制;操纵 If you say that someone has hijacked something, you disapprove of the way in which they have taken control of it when they had no right to do so. 
  • A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble.

    和平示威已遭到蓄意制造事端的无政府主义者的操控。

Noun

1. seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

Verb

1. take arbitrarily or by force;

  • "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
1. Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.
大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

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