hostage
发音
英 [ˈhɒstɪdʒ]
美 [ˈhɑːstɪdʒ]
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- n.
- 人质
- 抵押品
单词词源
hostage 人质
来自古法语hostage,客人，作为抵押的人质，来自拉丁语hospes,客人，来自PIE*ghostis,外来人，陌生人，词源同guest.
双语例句
- 1. The financial markets have taken the world economy hostage .
- 金融市场已将全球经济挟为人质。
- 2. They are holding several trainees hostage .
- 目前他们手里有数名受训人员作为人质。
- 3. Lofty words are always a hostage to fortune .
- 崇高的字眼从来就是命运的人质。
- 4. Yet I am not held hostage anymore !
- 然而我再也不是人质了！
- 5. The army also said the protesters were holding five soldiers hostage .
- 泰国军方还声称，示威者持有5名士兵人质。