英语词汇“kidnapping”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINkidnap

Origin:

1600-1700 kid ‘child’ + nap ‘to take, seize’ (17-19 centuries)

VERB TABLE

kidnap

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	kidnap
	he, she, it	kidnaps
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	kidnapped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have kidnapped
	he, she, it	has kidnapped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had kidnapped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will kidnap
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have kidnapped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am kidnapping
	he, she, it	is kidnapping
	you, we, they	are kidnapping
Past	I, he, she, it	was kidnapping
	you, we, they	were kidnapping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been kidnapping
	he, she, it	has been kidnapping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been kidnapping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be kidnapping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been kidnapping

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

He was kidnapped by vigilantes in El Centro, beaten and robbed, and then set on fire.
Ten tourists were kidnapped by militants in a remote southern area.
Terrorists have kidnapped a French officer and are demanding $400,000 from the French government.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A spokesman for the parallel government said that the two men had been kidnapped.
Everyone assumed that it was the kidnapped child, and the remains were hastily cremated.
Hedayat Eslaminia was kidnapped from his Belmont apartment on July 30, 1984.
If you can, kidnap him!
The encounter ends with Robert incompetently kidnapping Celine.
Then we get back to the taxi, and there you are waving your weaponry, and kidnapping us.

Longman Language Activatorto take someone away using force► take away

if soldiers, the police etc take someone away , they force that person to go with them: take somebody away: · The soldiers took my son away and I never saw him again.· Luis told me how he'd been picked up by military police in the middle of the night, and taken away for questioning.take away somebody: · At that time police would often take away suspected revolutionaries and throw them in jail with a trial.

► abduct

to take someone away by force, especially a child or young person, often in order to kill them or sexually attack them - used especially in news reports: · The two high school girls were abducted at gunpoint on Tuesday.· Kurdish separatists have abducted a Japanese tourist and are demanding money for his safe return.abduct somebody from something: · Several young women had been abducted from their villages and forced to work as prostitutes.

► kidnap

to take someone away by force and keep them as your prisoner, in order to make their family or their government give you money or other things you want: · Terrorists have kidnapped a French officer and are demanding $400,000 from the French government.· He was kidnapped by vigilantes in El Centro, beaten and robbed, and then set on fire.

► take somebody hostage

to take someone and keep them as a prisoner, especially for political reasons, and threaten to kill them if their government does not do what you demand: · On January 6, six Italian nuns were taken hostage.· Guerrilla fighters seized the hospital yesterday, taking patients and staff hostage, although several dozen were later released.

WORD SETS► Crime

abet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► assault

· Mrs Mandela was jailed for six years on kidnapping and assault charges but released on bail pending a yet-to-be-heard appeal.

► child

· The same day, two men were accused of kidnapping five children and imprisoning them in a cave for two weeks.· Everyone assumed that it was the kidnapped child, and the remains were hastily cremated.· This custom ended suddenly when a witch took the opportunity to kidnap several of the children, who were never seen again.· He and his cloned cohorts kidnap children to steal their dreams, which turn into nightmares.· Though they were pardoned three years later by President Carlos Menem, they are again under house arrest charged with kidnapping children.· We thought they were going to try to kidnap one of our children.

► girl

· He denied plotting to kidnap the girl.· Davis had just confessed to kidnapping and killing the girl.

► man

· A spokesman for the parallel government said that the two men had been kidnapped.· The same day, two men were accused of kidnapping five children and imprisoning them in a cave for two weeks.

► murder

· The charges against Abu Bakr and 113 of his followers included murder, kidnapping and the illegal possession of arms and ammunition.· It is hardly in the same league as murder or kidnapping.· The formula includes the obvious, such as murder, rape, kidnapping, and so on.· Davis also faces three other special circumstances in connection with the murder charge: kidnapping, burglary and robbery.· H., was charged with murder and kidnapping Tuesday morning.

► ransom

· A number of foreign businessmen have been kidnapped and held for ransom in Manila.· Murder plots, for instance, and kidnapping schemes for giant ransoms.

► woman

· One side kidnaps women over bungled drug deals, rapes other women, attacks shopkeepers and, occasionally, shoots the police.

VERB► accuse

· The same day, two men were accused of kidnapping five children and imprisoning them in a cave for two weeks.· Officers arrested Celso Rodriguez, 31, and Rachel Mendoza, 38, accusing them of kidnapping and extortion.

► charge

· Though they were pardoned three years later by President Carlos Menem, they are again under house arrest charged with kidnapping children.· Some are suspected but not yet charged with the kidnapping of high-tech executives, authorities said.· Brumley also could be charged with kidnapping, carjacking and gun violations.· H., was charged with murder and kidnapping Tuesday morning.· The agent was first charged with rape and kidnapping, according to Human Rights Watch.· Yuri Budanov has been charged with kidnapping and murdering Heda Kungayeva near the village of Tangi-Chu 11 months ago.

► kill

· Yet this has been tried before: Hezbollah leaders have been killed and kidnapped and the guerrillas carried on.· Rolfe, of Broxbourne, denies threatening to kill and kidnapping Mrs Armsby, 45.