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单词 human shield
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human shield
noun[C]
uk
/ˌhjuː.mən ˈʃiːld/us
/ˌhjuː.mən ˈʃiːld/
apersonorgroupofpeoplekeptin aparticularplaceinordertostopanenemyfromattackingthatplace:
人体盾牌，人肉盾牌
Militarybaseswereprotectedbycapturedenemysoldierswho werehousedthere as ahumanshield.军事基地受到由关在那里的敌军俘虏兵组成的人盾的保护。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Responding to an attack
  • beat
  • beatsomeoneoff
  • beatsomeone/somethingback
  • capitulate
  • counter-assault
  • counterattack
  • countercharge
  • fendsomeoneoff
  • fight
  • hold
  • parry
  • pull back
  • repel
  • repulse
  • resist
  • retreat
  • seesomeoneoff
  • stand
  • strike
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(Definition ofhuman shieldfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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human shield
One case involved using an 11-year-old boy as ahumanshield, by forcing him to enter suspected buildings first and also inspect bags.
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Mir uses herself as ahumanshieldand pleads with the soldiers not to fire.
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International monitors have documented separate reports from refugees of 80 occasions on which they or their neighbours have been used as human shields.
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Rabuka had allegedly tried to take civilians into the barracks for use as human shields.
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This so-called "humanshield" is an inhuman manipulation.
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There can be no defence for the taking of civilian hostages and using them as ahumanshield.
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All the evidence shows that, using the consumer as ahumanshield, a new and totally undemocratic form of government is being introduced.
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Only one outcome can have any decency in it the release of all hostages and the ending of the policy of thehumanshield.
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He has taken innocent women, children and men from many countries as hostages to act as ahumanshieldbehind which his army can hide.
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They have been a constant presence by willingly forming ahumanshield.
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They conscripted child soldiers and used the civilian population as ahumanshield, but that does not in any way alleviate the responsibility of the governmental authorities on the spot.
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That leaves aside the really disastrous scenario, which is the use of foreigners or people of their own kind as ahumanshieldagainst such an attack.
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But the inmates inside create ahumanshieldby tying the hostages to the interior wall.
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Relatives and neighbours gathered at the home to form ahumanshield, according to one source.
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They could also use the referee as ahumanshield, making themselves immune to all attacks.
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