hijacked
past simple and past participle ofhijack
| 单词 | hijacked |
| 释义 | hijacked past simple and past participle ofhijack hijack verb[T] uk/ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/us/ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/to takecontrolof anaircraftor othervehicleduring ajourney,especiallyusingviolence: Two men hijacked ajettravellingtoParisanddemanded$125,000. disapproving to takecontrolof or use something that does notbelongto you foryourownadvantage: Heresentsthe way hisideashave been hijacked byothersin thedepartment. Terrorism & political crime
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Forgery Copying and copies Examplesofhijackedhijacked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. And a careful distinction between resilience and adaptability would, for instance, prevent the climate change debate beinghijackedby the adaptationists. From theCambridge English Corpus With argument-dependent lookup, these other calls can be accidentallyhijackedby functions with the same name in the client's namespace. From theCambridge English Corpus Historians, with their nuances, their explanatory sophistication, their relativism and judiciousness, are quite out of their depth when history ishijackedto politics. From theCambridge English Corpus His judgements, however, include such statements as 'the heights of inarticulacy', 'this blather', language studies 'hijackedby the descriptive linguists', and 'dreary gruel' (the output of those linguists). From theCambridge English Corpus Most people believe that they have beenhijackedby political parties, especially when one examines the personalities involved in these organisations and their relationship with some political parties. From theCambridge English Corpus They should not allow themselves to behijackedby underfunded and understaffed head teachers as part-time, unpaid, untrained extra teachers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Six airliners have beenhijacked, the last one in the middle east. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is absolutely no doubt that, at some point in the early months of 1999, the national sports stadium project washijackedby football. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One hundred and forty-three vehicles have beenhijackedin the past 12 months in an attempt to bring our city to a standstill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So there need be no plutonium transport, no plutonium to behijacked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree with those people who have regretted that the whole debate has beenhijackedinto an entirely irrelevant consideration about duty-free. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English For local authorities there is an underfunded grant; there is an underfunded grant perverselyhijackedinto private residential care. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation is clearer and the process will not behijackedfor political aims. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Approximately 12 vehicles werehijackedand set on fire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Buses are oftenhijackedand destroyed, or seriously damaged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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