hostage

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈhɒs.tɪdʒ]
• 美式音标 [ˈhɑː.stɪdʒ]
• 国际音标 ['hɔstidʒ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 人质；抵押品

词根记忆

• host(主人) + age→不情愿的客人→人质
• host(主人；客人) + age→不情愿的客人→人质

同根派生

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• He's managed to secure the release of the hostages.
  他设法使人质获释。

词组短语

短语

• Venus Hostage 维纳斯人质
• Lethal Hostage 边境风云
• Escorting hostage 掩护人质脱离中
• Hostage taker 劫持;挟持人质者
• hostage stalemate 人质僵局

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do what the enemy wants

专业释义

法学

• 人质

  Hostage is the pledge property that one party wins the trust of the other party to resolve the bilateral relations during the Zhou Dynasties, a special group among feudal lords and internal communications.
  人质是两周时期为解决双边关系一方取信对方所出的质押物,是诸侯国之间交往乃至诸侯国内部一个较为特殊的群体。