➡ 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; NAmEˈhɑːstɪdʒ [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■captiveˈkæptɪv [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] (ratherformal) 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。■POWˌpiː əʊ ˈdʌbljuː; NAmEˌpiː oʊ ˈdʌbljuː(pluralPOWs) [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。