hostages

英 [ˈhɒstɪdʒɪz]

美 [ˈhɑstədʒəz]

n.  人质
hostage的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 人质
  Ahostageis someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands.
  1. It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days.
     有两名人质可望在几天后获释。
• PHRASE 被扣作人质
  If someoneis taken hostageoris held hostage, they are captured and kept as a hostage.
  1. He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist.
     他第一次作为电视记者出国采访时就被扣作人质。
• N-VAR 受限制的人;不由自主的人
  If you say you arehostage tosomething, you mean that your freedom to take action is restricted by things that you cannot control.
  1. With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price...
     随着外资的减少，政府将更加受制于起伏不定的国际油价。
  2. Wine growers say they've been held hostage to the interests of the cereal and soybean farmers.
     葡萄种植兼酿酒者说他们一直都为谷物和大豆种植者的利益所绑架。

双语例句

• He called it particularly cynical to begin releasing the hostages on Christmas Day
  他认为在圣诞节这天开始释放人质尤为讽刺。
• The hostages cannot go home just yet
  人质目前还不能回家。
• The president has said the United States will never pay ransom for the hostages
  总统称美国永远不会为这些人质支付赎金。
• About 300 French hostages are to be repatriated.
  大约300名法国人质即将被遣送回国。
• The government should continue to use its influence for the release of all hostages.
  政府应继续运用其影响力来解救所有人质。
• There were fears that some of the Western hostages might be killed in reprisal
  有人担心一些西方人质可能会受到报复性杀害。
• The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.
  随着昨晚警方发现了弹痕累累的尸体，人们对剩余两名人质的担心也终告结束。
• He argued that the release of hostages should not occasion a change in policy.
  他认为释放人质不应造成政策的改变。
• The hostages cowered in their seats.
  人质们蜷缩在座位上。
• He would concern himself solely with the plight of the hostages.
  他唯一关心的是人质的危险处境。