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IELTS BNC: 5420 COCA: 3972

hostage

noun
 
/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/
Idioms
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  1. a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking人质
    • Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery.在银行抢劫案中有三名儿童被扣为人质。
    • He was held hostage for almost a year.他被扣为人质几近一年。
    • The government is negotiating the release of the hostages.政府正就释放人质进行谈判。
    • The hijackers kept the pilot as a hostage on board the plane.劫机者把飞行员作为人质留在飞机上。
    • The gunmen took 24 hostages.持枪歹徒扣押了 24 名人质。
    • diplomatic efforts to get the hostages released解救人质的外交努力
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    Topics War and conflictc1, Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hostage
    • hold (somebody)
    • keep (somebody)
    • seize
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, based on late Latin obsidatus ‘the state of being a hostage’ (the earliest sense in English), from Latin obses, obsid- ‘hostage’.
Idioms
a hostage to fortune
  1. something that you have, or have promised to do, that could cause trouble or worry in the future可能招惹麻烦（或担忧）的东西（或许诺）；造成后患的事物
IELTS BNC: 5420 COCA: 3972
hostage

noun

VERB + HOSTAGE➤hold (sb), keep (sb)將（某人）扣為人質◇Eight people were held hostage for four months.8 個人作為人質被扣留了 4 個月。➤seize, take (sb)扣押（某人作）人質◇The gunmen took 24 hostages.持槍歹徒扣押了 24 名人質。➤free, release, rescue釋放人質；解救人質◇diplomatic efforts to get the hostages released解救人質的外交努力➤execute, kill處死人質
IELTS BNC: 5420 COCA: 3972
hostage

noun

  ➡ See also the entry for prisoner 另见prisoner条hostage ♦︎ prisoner ♦︎ captive ♦︎ detainee ♦︎ prisoner of war ♦︎ POWThese are all words for a person who has been captured and is being kept somewhere. 这些词均表示人质、俘虏。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a political hostage / prisoner / detainee◆to hold / keep sb hostage / prisoner / captive◆to free / release a hostage / prisoner / captive / detainee / prisoner of war / POW◆to take sb hostage / prisoner / captive◆a hostage / prisoner / captive / detainee / prisoner of war / POW escapes■ hostage ˈhɒstɪdʒ; NAmE ˈhɑːstɪdʒ [countable] a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking 人质◆Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery.这起银行抢劫案中有三名儿童被扣为人质。◆The government is negotiating the release of the hostages.政府正就释放人质进行谈判。■ prisoner [countable] a person who has been captured, for example by an enemy, and is being kept somewhere 被（敌人等）关起来的人；俘虏；战俘◆He was taken prisoner by rebel soldiers.他被叛军俘虏了。◆They are holding her prisoner and demanding a large ransom.他们把她劫为人质，并索要巨额赎金。ⓘ The more frequent meaning of prisoner is 'a person who is kept in prison'. * prisoner更常表达的词义是“囚犯”。   see also prisoner ⇨ prisoner ■ captive ˈkæptɪv [countable] (literary) a person who is kept as a prisoner 俘虏；战俘；囚徒◆Talks have persuaded the terrorists to set the captives free.通过谈判说服了恐怖分子释放俘虏。NOTE 辨析 Prisoner or captive? Captive is often used in more historical contexts involving people such as kings, queens and princesses. * captive常用于涉及国王、王后和公主等人物的历史语境◆Their king was now a captive in Talleyrand's chateau.他们的国王现在被囚禁在塔列朗城堡。It is also sometimes used when talking about political organizations holding people against their will. Prisoner is more often used to talk about people who have been captured in war. * captive有时还指政治团体强行拘禁的人。prisoner多指战俘◆He spent half the war as a prisoner.战争期间他有一半时间是战俘。 ■ detainee ˌdiːteɪˈniː [countable] (rather formal) a person who is kept in prison, especially for political reasons and often without a trial （尤指因政治原因且未经审判的）被拘留者，被扣押者◆The detainee can make a formal complaint after release.被拘押者得到释放后可以提出正式控告。■ ˌprisoner of ˈwar [countable] a person, usually a member of the armed forces, who is captured by the enemy during a war and kept in a prison camp until the war has finished 战俘；俘虏◆After several more months as a prisoner of war, he escaped again.又当了几个月的战俘之后，他再次逃跑了。■ POW ˌpiː əʊ ˈdʌbljuː; NAmE ˌpiː oʊ ˈdʌbljuː(plural POWs) [countable] the abbreviation for 'prisoner of war' 战俘，俘虏（prisoner of war的缩写）◆He remained a POW for the rest of the war.自此他一直是战俘，直到战争结束。
IELTS BNC: 5420 COCA: 3972
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