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

WORD ORIGINabduct

Origin:

1600-1700 Latin past participle of abducere, from ab- ‘away’ + ducere ‘to lead’

VERB TABLE

abduct

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	abduct
	he, she, it	abducts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	abducted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have abducted
	he, she, it	has abducted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had abducted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will abduct
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have abducted

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

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Kurdish separatists have abducted a Japanese tourist and are demanding money for his safe return.
Lawson was abducted from her home.
Several young women had been abducted from their villages and forced to work as prostitutes.
The two high school girls were abducted at gunpoint on Tuesday.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

At the age of sixteen, he was abducted from his homeland of Kilpatrick and enslaved in Ireland.
He could not abduct Ruth, even assuming he had instructions to do so, which seemed unlikely.
I thought I was abducted by aliens or something.
In this story, no one abducts Persephone.
Looting and rape by rebels and their bands of abducted children still occur.

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.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► child

· Looting and rape by rebels and their bands of abducted children still occur.· They will not be the men who abduct children or who are on drugs or drink.· Read in studio A bogus policeman has tried to abduct two children and to extort an on-the-spot fine from a driver.· He says she was abusive and accused him of abducting her child.· A bogus policeman attempts to abduct two children.