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。
• They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed
  在更多人质获得自由之前他们期望看到对方也有相应的表示。
• Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed
  任何射击线上的人质就都会成为牺牲品。
• Jesse Jackson was instrumental in the release of some of the hostages.
  其中一些人质得以获释多亏了杰西·杰克逊。
• Britain is intensifying its efforts to secure the release of the hostages
  英国正加紧努力确保人质的获释。
• Their efforts helped the hostages gain their freedom.
  他们的努力帮助人质获得了自由。
• The guerrillas threatened to kill their hostages.
  这些游击队员威胁要杀死人质。
• The hostages cowered in their seats.
  人质们蜷缩在座位上。
• 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 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。