hijackings

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

劫车事件的发生率高达每天近50起。

EU ships are patrolling the shipping lanes near Somalia in an effort to reduce pirate hijackings.

欧盟军舰在索马里附近的航线巡逻以期减少海盗劫持.

this year, as of oct. 14 there were 10 incidents--only two of them hijackings.

今年截至10月14日，发生了10起事件，其中只有两起是劫船事件。

in 2012, the figure dropped to 75. this year, as of oct. 14 there were 10 incidents& only two of them hijackings.

2012年这类事件减少至75起。今年截至10月14日，发生了10起事件，其中只有两起是劫船事件。

There have been a series of hijackings recently in the area.

这个地区最近发生了一连串劫持事件。

A: Hijackings during the Cold War were often desperate attempts at escape from the Iron Curtain, but during the 1970s criminals used them as leverage in ransom negotiations.

答：“冷战”期间的劫机往往是逃脱铁幕的疯狂尝试，不过在20世纪70年代，犯罪分子把劫机用作换取赎金的砝码。