Amber Alert
noun [ C ] US (also Amber alert, AMBER alert) uk/ˌæm.bər əˈlɜːt/ us/ˌæm.bɚ əˈlɝːt/
(宣布或警告有儿童失踪的)安珀警戒,安珀警报
a public announcement or warning that a child has disappeared and is thought to have been taken by someone
An Amber Alert was issued for a 13-year-old girl who was reported abducted. 安珀警戒系统发出警报,一名13岁的女孩遭绑架失踪。
A description of his truck was broadcast in an Amber alert. 安珀警戒系统发出的警报中描述了他卡车的样子。
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- On that occasion, rules did not allow issuing an Amber Alert, because she was voluntarily missing.
- As a Tulsa police officer, he participated in the first Amber Alert in Tulsa, which resulted in the successful recovery of two children.
- The man who abducted her let her go when he heard an AMBER alert on the radio describing his vehicle.
- Many missing child cases do not meet Amber alert criteria.
- Virginia has had a state Amber Alert system since 2002.