hijacking
hijacking — 名詞
1. a serious crime in which armed people take over a moving aircraft, ship, bus, or
劫機；劫車
用武力強行控制交通工具的犯罪行為
a serious crime in which armed people take over a moving aircraft, ship, bus, or car and force the driver or crew to obey them
Ezra reported the bus hijacking to the police in Nairobi.
Ezra 向奈洛比的警方通報了這起公車劫持案。
noun + of + vehicle pattern
The hijacking of the cargo plane lasted nine hours before the pilots regained control.
貨機遭劫持長達九小時，駕駛員才重新奪回控制權。
the hijacking of + vehicle, common headline pattern
Three passengers were injured during the hijacking last Tuesday morning.
上週二上午的劫機事件中有三名乘客受傷。
After the ferry hijacking, Greek police arrested four suspects near Athens.
渡輪劫持案發生後，希臘警方在雅典附近逮捕了四名嫌犯。
News reports compared the failed hijacking to similar attacks in the 1970s.
新聞報導將這次失敗的劫機與一九七零年代類似的攻擊相比較。
- skyjacking
specifically the hijacking of an aircraft; rarer term
- carjacking
specifically forcing a driver out of their car at the roadside
文法句型
a hijacking of [vehicle]
the hijacking of [vehicle]
用法筆記
Subject of the hijacking is almost always a vehicle in motion (plane, ship, bus, truck). Use compound forms like 'plane hijacking', 'bus hijacking' to specify the vehicle.
常見錯誤
2. the act of grabbing control of something — such as a meeting, a public campaign,
強佔；騎劫
把別人的活動或系統搶來為己所用
the act of grabbing control of something — such as a meeting, a public campaign, or a piece of software — that belongs to other people, and steering it toward your own purpose
Hari accused the loud minority of the hijacking of the town hall meeting.
Hari 指控少數激動人士強佔了市政廳的會議。
the hijacking of + event/meeting pattern
Critics described the new law as a hijacking of the original reform proposal.
批評者形容這項新法律是對原本改革提案的強佔。
metaphorical hijacking of a process/proposal
Browser hijacking by malware can redirect every search to fake websites.
瀏覽器遭惡意程式騎劫後，每次搜尋都會被導向假網站。
Élise wrote an article about the corporate hijacking of an environmental campaign.
Élise 寫了一篇文章，談企業如何強佔一場環保運動。
- takeover
neutral term; hijacking implies unfair or hostile seizure
- appropriation
formal; suggests using something for purposes its owners did not intend
文法句型
the hijacking of [event/process]
用法筆記
Used figuratively when one group seizes a public process, event, or system for selfish ends. Often followed by 'of' + the thing taken over.
常見錯誤
hijacking — 動詞
1. to use weapons or threats to take charge of a moving plane, ship, bus, or train,
劫持
在行進中強行控制飛機、船或車輛
to use weapons or threats to take charge of a moving plane, ship, bus, or train, and force the driver or crew to do what you say
Four armed men tried to hijack the early flight from Cairo to Rome.
四名武裝男子企圖劫持從開羅飛往羅馬的清晨班機。
hijack + flight/plane — classic collocation
Zayd watched the news as bandits hijacked a fuel truck near the border.
Zayd 看新聞時得知歹徒在邊境附近劫持了一輛油罐車。
hijack + truck/cargo vehicle
The cruise ship was hijacked off the Somali coast by a small armed group.
那艘郵輪在索馬利亞外海被一小群武裝份子劫持。
Jabari refused to open the cockpit door, so the attacker could not hijack the plane.
Jabari 拒絕打開駕駛艙門，攻擊者因而無法劫持那架飛機。
Police officers stopped two teenagers who were trying to hijack a delivery van.
警方攔下兩名試圖劫持送貨廂型車的青少年。
- commandeer
formal; can apply more broadly to seizing any resource
- seize
general term for taking by force; less specific to vehicles
- release
give back control of the vehicle and people
文法句型
hijack + [vehicle]
be hijacked
用法筆記
Object must be a vehicle that is currently in transit or about to depart. Frequently appears in the passive ('was hijacked') in news reporting. Distinguish from sense 2 (stealing goods) — sense 1 focuses on controlling the vehicle itself.
常見錯誤
2. to force a moving truck, lorry, or delivery vehicle to stop on the road so that
攔劫貨車
攔下行進中的貨運車輛搶奪貨物
to force a moving truck, lorry, or delivery vehicle to stop on the road so that you can steal whatever it is carrying
Robbers hijacked a delivery truck full of electronics outside the warehouse.
搶匪在倉庫外攔劫了一輛裝滿電子產品的貨車。
hijack + truck + cargo description
João reported that two cars hijacked his fuel tanker on the highway last night.
João 通報說，昨晚有兩輛車在高速公路上攔劫了他的油罐車。
third-party report frame
The criminals planned to hijack the cash transport van between two cities.
犯罪集團計劃在兩座城市之間攔劫那輛現金運鈔車。
Smugglers hijacked several gold shipments along the mountain road last summer.
走私者去年夏天在山路上多次攔劫黃金運送車。
文法句型
hijack + [vehicle]
hijack + [goods]
用法筆記
Object often names the cargo as well as the vehicle (a 'cash transport van', a 'fuel tanker'). Distinguish from sense 1 by the criminal's goal: here they want the goods inside, not control of the vehicle itself.
常見錯誤
3. in older American usage, to take a person away by force and hold them against th
綁架
舊式美語：強行擄走某人
in older American usage, to take a person away by force and hold them against their will, especially for money or some other demand
In the old newspaper story, gangsters hijacked Eric outside his uncle's bakery.
在那則舊報導裡，黑幫份子在 Eric 叔叔的麵包店外將他擄走。
period/historical framing for archaic sense
Yan said the film's villain hijacks the heroine from a busy train station.
Yan 說，電影中的反派從擁擠的火車站擄走了女主角。
narrative/fictional use
Local legend tells how outlaws once hijacked a young schoolteacher from her classroom.
地方傳說提到，曾有歹徒從教室裡擄走一位年輕女老師。
The script writers had Tamar's character hijacked and held for three months.
編劇讓 Tamar 飾演的角色被綁走並囚禁了三個月。
文法句型
hijack + [person]
用法筆記
Dated American usage now almost entirely replaced by 'kidnap'. Mostly found in old crime stories or period fiction. Modern English speakers will normally choose 'kidnap' for any real-life report.
常見錯誤
4. to take charge of something that belongs to a group — for example, a meeting, a
強行把持
把屬於眾人的活動或系統搶來操控
to take charge of something that belongs to a group — for example, a meeting, a debate, a website, or a campaign — and steer it toward your own goals instead of theirs
Pim worried that lobbyists were trying to hijack the climate summit again this year.
Pim 擔心遊說人士今年又會強行把持那場氣候峰會。
hijack + meeting/summit — political process
Christopher complained that two angry parents hijacked the whole school board meeting.
Christopher 抱怨兩名情緒激動的家長把整場學校董事會強行操控起來。
hijack + meeting — domestic civic example
Hackers had hijacked the company website and replaced the homepage with their own message.
駭客強行接管了公司網站，並把首頁換成他們自己的訊息。
Critics said the studio had hijacked an indie film festival to promote a blockbuster.
批評者說那家片商強行利用一個獨立電影節來宣傳一部商業大片。
Shirin warned us that off-topic posts were starting to hijack the online discussion.
Shirin 警告我們，離題的留言開始把線上討論帶偏。
- commandeer
formal; can be neutral, while hijack always implies wrong-doing
- monopolize
suggests taking all the attention or time, but without the seizure connotation
文法句型
hijack + [event/process/system]
用法筆記
Always carries a negative or critical tone — the speaker disapproves of the takeover. Object is usually a shared process, event, system, or platform, never a physical object.
常見錯誤
5. in older slang usage, to cheat someone or to demand money from a person or busin
敲詐
舊俗語：用威脅手段勒索金錢
in older slang usage, to cheat someone or to demand money from a person or business by means of threats, often in a long-running protection racket
Heather read how mobsters used to hijack small shop owners for weekly payments.
Heather 讀到黑手黨過去如何向小店主每週敲詐保護費。
historical / period framing
The novel describes how gang leaders hijacked dock workers for a share of every wage.
小說描述幫派頭目如何敲詐碼頭工人，從每筆工資中抽走一份。
hijack + worker group, historical context
Min researched cases where criminals hijacked immigrant families through fake immigration fees.
Min 研究犯罪份子用假移民費敲詐新移民家庭的案例。
The detective claimed that local gangs had hijacked half the laundromats in the district.
那位偵探聲稱當地幫派敲詐了該區半數的自助洗衣店。
- extort
standard term; widely used in legal and news contexts
- shake down
informal American verb for demanding money by threats
文法句型
hijack + [person/business]
用法筆記
Highly informal and old-fashioned; modern speakers say 'extort' or 'shake down'. Mostly appears in crime fiction or historical accounts.