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hostage

音標['h?stid?] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 人質, 抵押品
【經】 人質, 抵押品

英文解釋：

名詞 hostage:

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

例句：

  1. The terrorists are holding three men hostage.
    * 把三個人扣為人質。
  2. The hostage had a rifle levelled at his head.
    一枝步槍瞄準著人質的頭。
  3. He kept the pilot as a hostage.
    他把駕駛員當做人質。
  4. The company took the cars as hostage.
    公司把汽車當做抵押品。

詳細解釋：


hos.tage

n.（名詞）
A person held by one party in a conflict as security that specified terms will be met by the opposing party.
人質：被衝突一方扣押的人，以作為對方滿足其提出的條件的保證
One that serves as security against an implied threat:
制約物：對抗暗藏的威脅事物：
例句：
superpowers held hostage to each other by their nuclear arsenals.
超級大國因各自擁有核工廠而互相制約

One that is manipulated by the demands of another:
被控物：被另一事物的要求所操縱的事物：
例句：
.National policies cannot be made hostage to another country.(Alan D. Romberg)
.一個國家的政策不能被另一個國家所操縱.(艾倫D.龍伯格)

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French
源自 古法文
probably from host [guest, host] * see host
可能源自 host [客人，主人] *參見 host

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