abducted
past simple and past participle ofabduct
| 单词 | abducted |
| 释义 | abducted past simple and past participle ofabduct abduct verb[T] uk/æbˈdʌkt/us/æbˈdʌkt/abductverb[T](TAKE A PERSON)toforcesomeone to gosomewherewith you, often usingthreatsorviolence: Thecompanydirectorwas abductedfromhiscarbyterrorists. Synonyms kidnap snatch(TAKE QUICKLY) to take someone somewhere
abductverb[T](MOVE BODY PART)medicalspecialized tomoveapartof thebodyaway from thecentralpartof thebodyor away from anotherbodypart: Listen for aclickingsoundas the child'shipsare abducted. Direction of motion
Examplesofabductedabducted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Quite a few of these wereabductedfrom small towns and villages rather than being volunteers. From theCambridge English Corpus It lacked the affective followership of armed movements in other failed states and most of its recruits wereabducted. From theCambridge English Corpus This is not the case for voiceless plosives, however, and both aspirated and unaspirated voiceless plosives have anabductedglottis throughout oral closure. From theCambridge English Corpus The girl also cannot turn around or be compelled to say that she had beenabducted. From theCambridge English Corpus This move obviates a legal charge from the girl's family that the boyabductedthe girl. From theCambridge English Corpus Their property was sequestered and the women wereabducted. From theCambridge English Corpus Their arms are placed in the following position: forearms neutral, 2 elbows flexed to about radians and shoulders slightlyabductedand flexed. From theCambridge English Corpus In many such cases the girl, under pressure from her family, charges that the boyabductedher. From theCambridge English Corpus But the shortfall does not necessarily indicate that many fewer women wereabductedin the states. From theCambridge English Corpus This is because, in order to produce frication, the vocal folds need to be slightlyabducted. From theCambridge English Corpus To be sure, the published figures for the recovery ofabductedwomen seem to paint a slightly different picture. From theCambridge English Corpus The central plot concerns a king whose beloved sister isabductedby an ogre (nyak) ruler who transforms himself into a hawk to carry her away. From theCambridge English Corpus I have not beenabductedby aliens. From theCambridge English Corpus Nanhui women who wereabductedor witnessed abductions are generally in their eighties and nineties. From theCambridge English Corpus Why had they beenabducted? From theCambridge English Corpus 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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