hostage

['hɒstɪdʒ]
['hɑstɪdʒ]
CET6

中文释义

人质英释

英语释义

人质英释nnsomeone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands

相关例句

1 The group are holding two tourists hostage (= keeping them as hostages ) ..这伙人挟持了两名游客作为人质。

2 a family taken hostage at gunpoint.在枪口下被劫为人质的一家人

hostage