hostage

英 ['hɒstɪdʒ] 美 ['hɑːstɪdʒ]

• n. 人质

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]人质

   a person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 人质
2. 抵押品
3. 抵押物
4. 当人质的境遇
5. 被抵押状态

英英释义

Noun:

1. a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The highjackers held two women hostage.
   劫机者扣留两名妇女作人质。
2. It is likely that they will kill the hostage.
   可能他们将杀掉人质。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He's managed to secure the release of the hostages.
   他设法使人质获释。

经典引文

• Maybe Sollozzo figures to snatch you and hold you for a hostage to make a deal.

  出自： M. Puzo

• Toranaga's war had begun when he was six and had been ordered as hostage into the enemy camp.

  出自： J. Clavell

词汇搭配

• a hostage to fortune 随时可能失去的人...
• take someone hostage 将某人扣留作为人质...

近反义词

【近义词】

• captive 俘虏
• detainee 被拘留者（多指政治犯）...
• prisoner 囚犯
• victim 受害者
• pledge 发誓
• surety 保证人

派生词

n.(名词)

• hostageship n. 人质的处境