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单词 hostage
释义
hostage
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhɒs.tɪdʒ/us
/ˈhɑː.stɪdʒ/
C2
someone who is taken as aprisonerby anenemyinordertoforcethe otherpeopleinvolvedto do what theenemywants:
人质
She wastaken/heldhostage by thegunmen.她被持枪歹徒劫持作人质。
Theterroristshaveseized20 hostages and arethreateningtokillone adayunlesstheirdemandsaremet.恐怖分子劫持了20名人质，并威胁除非他们的要求得到满足，否则将每天杀掉一名人质。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People held in prison
  • captive
  • cellmate
  • co-prisoner
  • con
  • convict
  • dead
  • dead man walkingidiom
  • detainee
  • detenu
  • gaolbird
  • inmate
  • internee
  • jailbird
  • lag
  • lifer
  • political prisoner
  • pow
  • prisoner
  • prisoner of conscience
  • prisoner of war

Idiom

hostage to fortune
(Definition ofhostagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hostage| American Dictionary

hostage
noun[C]
us
/ˈhɑs·tɪdʒ/
someone who is made aprisonerinordertoforceotherpeopleto do something:
Inmates at thejailheld12 hostages anddemandedtomeetthegovernor.
(Definition ofhostagefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhostage

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In the absence of decisive progress on the release of the hostages, they will then proceed immediately to the common implementation of sanctions.
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We are delighted for all the hostages and their families.
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We have throughout been pressing for the release of all hostages.
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Despite what others may think, that military stance was the first and most successful step toward getting the hostages released.
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I must say a word about two groups of hostages.
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In recent days the plight of the hostages and refugees has understandably dominated the media.
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We called on those holding hostages to release them immediately and unconditionally.
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We follow up every lead in the search for news of our hostages.
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We have made and continue to make use of every opportunity to persue the release of the hostages.
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We have a right to expect unions to settle purely domestic differences of this kind without making hostages of the rest of us.
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He has given some hostages to fortune to the north, and made some promises that it will be difficult to deliver.
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I do that because we have made ourselves hostages to liquid fuel in the internal combustion age.
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In that same prison there were some women kept as hostages until their husbands, who were under threat of arrest, gave themselves up.
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As far as concerns the structural funds, some of the major beneficiaries have already staked out an intransigent position and hostages have been taken.
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There is no question but that the taking of the hostages is totally deplorable.
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