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kidnap v.绑架 (1) 如果你加强了大使馆的安全防范，他们就绑架商人。 The original meaning of kidnap, dating from the late seventeenth century, was "steal children to provide servants to the American colonies," from kid, "child," and nap, "snatch away." After the particularly notorious Lindberg baby kidnapping in 1932, the U.S. Congress passed a law allowing the FBI to investigate all kidnappings. Today the word kidnap includes all abductions, of both children and adults.

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英 ['kɪdnæp] 美 ['kɪdnæp] (1) If you improve security at embassies, they kidnap businessmen. To kidnap is to steal a person, or to hold someone as a prisoner until a ransom is paid. Nervous parents might worry that someone will kidnap their children, and not let them play outside alone. in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 kidnaped1[VERB 动词]劫持；绑架 To kidnap someone is to take them away illegally and by force, and usually to hold them prisoner in order to demand something from their family, employer, or government.   [V n]  [V]  [V-ed]Police in Brazil uncovered a plot to kidnap him...巴西警方发现了有人要绑架他的阴谋。They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill...他们聪明且有教养，却选择去绑架和杀人。The kidnapped man was said to have been seized by five people.据说那名男子是被5个人绑架的。kidnapperHis kidnappers have threatened that they will kill him unless three militants are released from prison.绑架他的绑匪威胁说，如果不释放3名激进分子他们就杀了他。kidnappingTwo youngsters have been arrested and charged with kidnapping.已有两名年轻人被逮捕并被控绑架。2[N-VAR 可变名词]绑架罪 Kidnap or a kidnap is the crime of taking someone away by force. Stewart denies attempted murder and kidnap...斯图尔特否认对其谋杀未遂和绑架的指控。He was charged with the kidnap of a 25 year-old woman.他被指控绑架一名25岁的女子。

英语单词	kidnap
英美音标	英 ['kɪdnæp] 美 ['kɪdnæp]
中文释义	v.绑架
英语例句	(1) If you improve security at embassies, they kidnap businessmen.
中文例句	(1) 如果你加强了大使馆的安全防范，他们就绑架商人。
vocabulary简明	To kidnap is to steal a person, or to hold someone as a prisoner until a ransom is paid. Nervous parents might worry that someone will kidnap their children, and not let them play outside alone.
vocabulary扩展	The original meaning of kidnap, dating from the late seventeenth century, was "steal children to provide servants to the American colonies," from kid, "child," and nap, "snatch away." After the particularly notorious Lindberg baby kidnapping in 1932, the U.S. Congress passed a law allowing the FBI to investigate all kidnappings. Today the word kidnap includes all abductions, of both children and adults.
柯林斯解释	in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 kidnaped 1 [VERB 动词]劫持；绑架 To kidnap someone is to take them away illegally and by force, and usually to hold them prisoner in order to demand something from their family, employer, or government. [V n] [V] [V-ed] Police in Brazil uncovered a plot to kidnap him... 巴西警方发现了有人要绑架他的阴谋。 They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill... 他们聪明且有教养，却选择去绑架和杀人。 The kidnapped man was said to have been seized by five people. 据说那名男子是被5个人绑架的。 kidnapper His kidnappers have threatened that they will kill him unless three militants are released from prison. 绑架他的绑匪威胁说，如果不释放3名激进分子他们就杀了他。 kidnapping Two youngsters have been arrested and charged with kidnapping. 已有两名年轻人被逮捕并被控绑架。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]绑架罪 Kidnap or a kidnap is the crime of taking someone away by force. Stewart denies attempted murder and kidnap... 斯图尔特否认对其谋杀未遂和绑架的指控。 He was charged with the kidnap of a 25 year-old woman. 他被指控绑架一名25岁的女子。

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