hijack

1 A Walk the Line spoof, of all things, gets hijacked by a song so magnificent that it stopped me breathing for 90 seconds.

2 But nothing is quite as bad as hijacking an entire table.

3 That night they allegedly killed an MIT police officer just down the road from us, then hijacked a car and engaged in a deadly firefight with the police.

4 But there they were, courtesy of reruns in all of their coarsely-drawn glory, having quite suddenly hijacked the airwaves.

5 But then Staples herself took the stage and essentially hijacked her own tribute concert from an all-star lineup of guests Wednesday at the Auditorium Theatre.

6 There is of course a subjective fine line between homage, derivation, plagiarism, hijacking, me-too-ism, and petty emulation.

7 “I become very territorial about my identity because it’s been hijacked by so many people, with their own projections.”

8 Ten years ago, not more than a few dozen yards from where he and his son are now standing, two hijacked airplanes plowed into the twin towers, killing an estimated 2,752 people.

9 Then their website, www.awesometheband.com, got hijacked by some anonymous purveyor of advice on dental matters and holidays in the Maldives.

10 As an aside, much as Comic Relief is an admirable institution, it should be held at least partly responsible for all these standups and their hijacking of mainstream culture.

11 But on her first two nights, Jones gleefully hijacked the program to make it hers.

12 Though the primary action witnesses the trio hijacking a taxi, Ko’s film is also a test of friendship.

13 “The whole atmosphere just changed,” Strothman, who had never heard about the hijacking before, recalled.

14 On a clear, sunny day, nearly sixty years after Hitler's Nazi saboteurs landed on America's shores, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes and carried out suicide attacks against the United States.

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

和平示威已遭到蓄意制造事端的无政府主义者的操控。

16 A group of terrorists hijacked the plane.

17 “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” was a thriller about a subway hijacking.

18 There was one attempt to hijack the back-room iPod playlist to initiate some table dancing, but to no avail.

19 But, when a filmmaker hijacks the industrial machinery for a personal project, a critic’s aesthetic sense often goes out the window, and is replaced by umbrage, outrage, indignation.

20 In the first season of The Office, Brent hijacks an office training session with his original songs.

1 接管

takeover co-opt

2 控制

regulatory hold control direction command regulation grip saddle curb sway dominion containment -led rule contain police master handle possess dominate regulate govern harness manipulate tame enslave subdue manoeuvre circumscribe grab ahold of hold in check keep in check take over the reins take up the reins get ahold of call the shots put the brakes on damp down head up rein in reel in keep down manipulative restriction determination clutch governance grasp manipulation mastery restraint domination rein tyranny keep school run condition determine direct cure restrict seize dictate overtake restrain modulate stifle repress call the tune hold back keep to get a grip take possession hold sway

3 抢夺

holdup rapaciously plunderage grab snatch ravin rapaciousness jayhawking glaum loot rob shear Nip rend glom accroach jostle hit snavel

4 操纵

controlled running handling rigging man control rule manage handle fix fly rig manipulate steer mastermind manoeuvre call the tune be in control call the shots be in control of

5 劫夺

heist holdup maraud

6 抢劫

rapacious raid robbery plunder pillage spoliation stick-up do roll rob loot ravage ransack rapine hold-up Rob heist despoil blag hit strip raven pluck reave

7 拦路抢劫

bail

8 强取

exacting extortionate rapacious extortionary exaction sweat commandeer

9 勒索

exacting high-pressure strike shake squeeze lug racket blackmail extortion holdup shakedown chantage screw bot pinch garnish grub extort put the frighteners on screw out put the acid on squeeze out

10 劫

kalpa

11 劫机事件

air piracy

12 劫持

kidnapping kidnap abduction abduct skyjack piracy hijacking highjack