abduction
英 [əb'dʌkʃn]
美 [æb'dʌkʃən]
英語の語源
- abduction (n.)
- 1620s, "a leading away," from Latin abductionem (nominative abductio), noun of action from past participle stem of abducere "to lead away, take away" (often by force), from ab- "away" (see ab-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). The illegal activity so called from 1768; before that the word also was a term in surgery and logic. In the Mercian hymns, Latin abductione is glossed by Old English wielaednisse.
例文
- I have no clear recollection, and I don't think these abductions are even abductions.
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何も覚えていないし、誘拐でもないと思う。
- 2. Because at the time of the abduction he was with me.
- 誘拐事件が起きたとき、彼は私と一緒にいたからね。