hostage['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.一枝步枪瞄准著人质的头。
- 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).一个国家的政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