hostage
美 ['hɑstɪdʒ]
英 ['hɒstɪdʒ]
- n.人质
- 网络抵押品；火线对峙；终极人质
复数：hostages
v.+n.
take hostage,become hostage,kill hostage
adj.+n.
release hostage,british hostage,american hostage
hostage
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1. | 人质a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking |
Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery. 在银行抢劫案中有三名儿童被扣为人质。 | |
He was held hostage for almost a year. 他被扣为人质几近一年。 | |
The government is negotiating the release of the hostages. 政府正就释放人质进行谈判。 |
IDM
a hostage to fortune
可能招惹麻烦（或担忧）的东西（或许诺）；造成后患的事物something that you have, or have promised to do, that could cause trouble or worry in the future