| 单词 | abduction |
| 释义 | abduction (once / 3816 pages) 1n 2n If you're the victim of an abduction, you've been carried away against your will — kidnapped. The word comes from Latin ab "away" + ducere "lead." Abduction is also when you move your arm or leg away from your midline. "The Abduction from the Seraglio" is the English title of a famous Mozart opera, in which a nobleman tries to rescue his betrothed, who has been captured — abducted — by pirates and sold into a pasha's harem, or seraglio. At the end of the opera, the pasha is overwhelmed with mercy and frees everyone and sends them home. So there really isn’t an abduction from the seraglio; the pasha lets everybody go. WORD FAMILYabduction: abductions+/abduct: abducted, abducting, abduction, abductor, abducts/abductor: abductors USAGE EXAMPLESStarting Sunday, the emergency response system that disseminates information about missing children will only be used for child abductions. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Some of the wilder theories floating around suggest the entire abduction was a hoax, perhaps to spread scare stories about the local Latino community. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) They were arrested on an abduction charge and then released after they produced proof of their marriage. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) 1 n the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member 2Hyper capture, seizure the act of taking of a person by force n (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body Hyper motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location |
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