单词 | abduct |
释义 | abduct From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishabductab‧duct /əbˈdʌkt, æb-/ verb [transitive]TAKE/BRINGto take someone away by force SYN kidnap The diplomat was abducted on his way to the airport. —abductor noun [countable] —abduction /əbˈdʌkʃən, æb-/ noun [countable, uncountable] child abduction —abductee /ˌæbdʌkˈtiː/ noun [countable]RegisterAbduct is mostly used in journalism. In everyday English, people usually say kidnap:He was kidnapped on his way to the airport.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusabduct• I thought I was abducted by aliens or something.• Lawson was abducted from her home.• In this story, no one abducts Persephone.• He could not abduct Ruth, even assuming he had instructions to do so, which seemed unlikely.Origin abduct (1600-1700) Latin past participle of abducere, from ab- “away” + ducere “to lead” |
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