新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

hijack

英  [ˈhaɪdʒæk]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • hijacks

    1[C 可数名词] 劫持

    A hijack is the act of illegally taking control of a plane or other vehicle by force while it is travelling from one place to another.

    双语例句

    例:

    Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.

    劫持过程中,每一分钟都像一个星期似的。

    VERB. 动词
  • hijacks , hijacking , hijacked

    1[T 及物动词] 劫持

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    2[T 及物动词] 强行控制

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble.

    一场和平示威已被一心想制造事端的无政府主义分子强行控制了。