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单词 joyride
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joyride
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒɔɪ.raɪd/us
/ˈdʒɔɪ.raɪd/
anoccasionwhen someonedrivesfastanddangerouslyforpleasure,especiallyin astolenvehicle:
He took his grandmother'scarfor a joyride.
Threepeoplewerekilledin a joyridecrash.
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More examples
  • Ateenagerwasstoppedin acaron a joyride afterstealingher mum'scarkeys.
  • She took her sister'smotorbikefor a joyride.
  • Theystolethecaranddecidedto take a joyride on thebeach.
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(Definition ofjoyridefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

joyride| American Dictionary

joyride
noun[C]
us
/ˈdʒɔɪˌrɑɪd/
anactofdrivingaround forenjoymentin acar,esp. one that was taken withoutpermissionand isdrivenin adangerousmanner
(Definition ofjoyridefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Visits abroad can be taken by the public at large to be perks and ajoyride.
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I welcome also the suggestion that joyriding is to be made an offence.
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For example, they may find it exciting when under the influence of alcohol to take a car for the purpose of joyriding.
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I am not talking about the youths who wilfully steal a car and go joyriding.
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Some abandoned cars are the consequence of joyriding and are torched to remove the evidence of who was involved in the theft.
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Joyriding a stolen vehicle is of the essence.
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Is the employer to be liable for an employee who, in the course of ajoyride, causes an accident?
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Four people died in the same joyriding accident.
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I agree with what was said about joyriding.
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It could happen that the person who takes a car away without authority finds that he has not enough petrol to continue hisjoyride.
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In one of them a young man died in a car joyriding incident, and in this case a soldier was seriously injured by the car.
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I am thinking of the escalation of crime, especially joyriding.
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Those who indulge in what is described as "joyriding"— more appropriately called "deathriding"— cause enormous distress to other people.
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There are cases—rare enough but notorious—of teenagers stealing motor cars, driving them round, joyriding; sometimes committing violence with them but quite often not.
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Cars are often stolen for so-called joyrides, which is dangerous because there is no insurance.
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