单词
hostage
读音
ˈhɑːstɪdʒ
美式
英式
词根
"Hostage" 来自于老法语 "hostage"，意为"保证"或"承诺"。
释义
n. 人质；抵押品 [ 复数 hostages ]
例句
Somebody is holding your wife hostage.
有人在扣留你的妻子当人质。
The group had shot dead another hostage.
这伙人又打死了一名人质。
One group claimed to have executed the hostage.
一个组织声称他们已处死了那名人质。
Somebody is holding your wife hostage.
有人在扣留你的妻子当人质。
The group had shot dead another hostage.
这伙人又打死了一名人质。
One group claimed to have executed the hostage.
一个组织声称他们已处死了那名人质。
强化记忆
你可以将 "host" 和 "age" 分开来记忆。 "host" 意为主人， "age" 你可以联想成人的年龄。这样你就把它联想成”被主人按住了的人的年龄”，因此这个人就被控制了，是人质。"Hostage" 最初用于称呼在争端或战争期间由一方交给另一方以保证协议执行的人。现在，这个词主要用来描述在犯罪行为中被控制的人，通常是为了达到一些非法目标，如勒索赎金或政治目标。
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Last year, at this time, there were 20 vessels,500 mariners held hostage.This is an attack on the global commons.
Public policy was being held hostage by stigma and fear,and also held hostagewere compassion, care, research, recovery and treatment.
all showing me the same thing:you can be held hostageby the worst thing that's ever happened to you
with the war in Iraq or in Syria --aid worker abducted, hostage executed --but who were they?
on the ground and said,"Your hostage, is he heavyset?Is he bald in front? Does he wear glasses?"
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