hostage

单词音标

hostage音标[\'hɒstidʒ]

汉语翻译

n. 人质, 抵押品

【经】 人质, 抵押品

英语解释

名词 hostage:

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

同义词：surety

例句

The terrorists are holding three men hostage.

恐怖分子把三个人扣为人质。

The hostage had a rifle levelled at his head.

一枝步*瞄准著人质的头。

He kept the pilot as a hostage.

他把驾驶员当做人质。

The company took the cars as hostage.

公司把汽车当做抵押品。

详细解释

hos.tage

n.（名词）

A person held by one party in a conflict as security that specified terms will be met by the opposing party.

人质：被冲突一方扣押的人，以作为对方满足其提出的条件的保证

One that serves as security against an implied threat:

制约物：对抗暗藏的威胁事物：

例句：

superpowers held hostage to each other by their nuclear arsenals.

超级大国因各自拥有核工厂而互相制约

One that is manipulated by the demands of another:

被控物：被另一事物的要求所操纵的事物：

例句：

.National policies cannot be made hostage to another country.(Alan D. Romberg)

.一个国家的*策不能被另一个国家所操纵.(艾伦D.龙伯格)

来源：

Middle English

中古英语

from Old French

源自 古法语

probably from host [guest, host] * see host

可能源自 host [客人，主人] *参见 host