hijack /ˈhaɪˌdʒæk/ CET6+ TEM4 ( hijacking, hijacked, hijacks )

• 1. 

  V-T If someone hijacks a plane or other vehicle, they illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another. 劫持

  例：

  Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.

  两名男子试图劫持一架从里加飞往摩尔曼斯克的飞机。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Hijack is also a noun. 劫持

  例：

  Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.

  劫持过程中，每一分钟都像一个星期似的。

• 3. 

  hijacking N-COUNT 劫持

  例：

  Car hijackings are running at a rate of nearly 50 a day.

  平均每天发生50起劫车事件。

• 4. 

  V-T If you say that someone has hijacked something, you disapprove of the way in which they have taken control of it when they had no right to do so. 强行控制 [表不满]

  例：

  A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble.

  一场和平示威已被一心想制造事端的无政府主义分子强行控制了。