kidnap
美音:
[´kıd´næp
]英音:
[´kıd´næp
]vt.诱拐(小孩),绑架,勒赎
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kidnap为短语/超纲词汇
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名词:kidnapper 动词过去式:kidnapped/kidnaped 过去分词:kidnapped/kidnaped 现在分词:kidnapping/kidnaping 第三人称单数:kidnaps/kidnaps
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kidnap
/'kɪdnæp; `kɪdnæp/
v (-pp-; US -p-) [Tn] steal (sb) away by force and illegally, esp in order to obtain money or other (esp political) demands 诱拐, 绑架, 劫持(某人)
*Two businessmen have been kidnapped by terrorists. 有两个商人让恐怖分子绑架了.
n [attrib 作定语]
*a kidnap attempt, plot, victim 绑架的企图、阴谋、事主.
kidnap
v past tense and past participlekidnappedpresent participlekidnappingalsopast tense and past participlekidnapedpresent participlekidnapingAmE [T][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: kid
'child' + nap
'to take, seize' (17-19 centuries)]
to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them
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ransom Police appealed for witnesses after a woman was kidnapped at gunpoint and assaulted.>kidnappern[C] the hunt for the kidnapper>kidnappingalsokidnapn [U and C] a series of kidnappings