hostage ['hɔstidʒ]

英汉解释

n. 人质；抵押品

同义词

n. surety

参考例句

1. However, he and his, is a fugitive, is a hostage.
不过他与他之间，一个是逃犯，一个是人质。
2. Three Americans held hostage by rebels in Colombia for more than five years are heading home to Florida.
三名被哥伦比亚叛军扣押五年多的美国人质启程返乡，赶往佛罗里达家中。
3. Individual can be regarded as the hostage of history and knowledge, hijacked by the present and the future.
相对于个体可以被理解为是历史与知识的人质，被今天与未来所劫持。

英英解释

n.
  1. a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

网络释义

hostage
人质; 人质危机; 人质 人质; 质物;
take hostage
扣留人质;
hostage taker
挟持人质者;
hostage murder
杀害人质;
hostage pawn
人质;