hostage

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音标发音

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

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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。

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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

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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。