hostages

英 [ˈhɒstɪdʒɪz] 美 [ˈhɑstədʒəz]

n.  人质
hostage的复数

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 人质
    A hostage is someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands.
    1. It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days.
      有两名人质可望在几天后获释。
  2. PHRASE 被扣作人质
    If someone is taken hostage or is held hostage, they are captured and kept as a hostage.
    1. He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist.
      他第一次作为电视记者出国采访时就被扣作人质。
  3. N-VAR 受限制的人;不由自主的人
    If you say you are hostage to something, you mean that your freedom to take action is restricted by things that you cannot control.
    1. With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price...
      随着外资的减少，政府将更加受制于起伏不定的国际油价。
    2. Wine growers say they've been held hostage to the interests of the cereal and soybean farmers.
      葡萄种植兼酿酒者说他们一直都为谷物和大豆种植者的利益所绑架。
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双语例句

  1. Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay.
    手持棒球棒的囚犯们挟持了人质，使警察无法靠近。
  2. He called it particularly cynical to begin releasing the hostages on Christmas Day
    他认为在圣诞节这天开始释放人质尤为讽刺。
  3. The hostages were freed in the commando raid.
    在突击队的突袭行动中，人质获释。
  4. He would concern himself solely with the plight of the hostages.
    他唯一关心的是人质的危险处境。
  5. The hostages cowered in their seats.
    人质们蜷缩在座位上。
  6. Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed
    任何射击线上的人质就都会成为牺牲品。
  7. His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages.
    最终他的获释方式也和其他6名人质的获释如出一辙。
  8. Their efforts helped the hostages gain their freedom.
    他们的努力帮助人质获得了自由。
  9. The people in your grasp are not guests, they are hostages
    你所控制的这些人不是客人，而是人质。
  10. The guerrillas threatened to kill their hostages.
    这些游击队员威胁要杀死人质。
  11. It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days.
    有两名人质可望在几天后获释。
  12. The government should continue to use its influence for the release of all hostages.
    政府应继续运用其影响力来解救所有人质。
  13. Jesse Jackson was instrumental in the release of some of the hostages.
    其中一些人质得以获释多亏了杰西·杰克逊。
  14. Britain is intensifying its efforts to secure the release of the hostages
    英国正加紧努力确保人质的获释。
  15. Radical, militant factions want to continue using the hostages as a lever to gain concessions from the west.
    激进的好战派想要继续利用人质作筹码来换取西方的让步。
  16. He argued that the release of hostages should not occasion a change in policy.
    他认为释放人质不应造成政策的改变。
  17. We obviously want to see the hostages home, but not at any price.
    我们显然也希望看到人质回家，但并不是不惜任何代价。
  18. The president has said the United States will never pay ransom for the hostages
    总统称美国永远不会为这些人质支付赎金。
  19. They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed
    在更多人质获得自由之前他们期望看到对方也有相应的表示。
  20. About 300 French hostages are to be repatriated.
    大约300名法国人质即将被遣送回国。
  21. The Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi repeated his call for the release of hostages
    利比亚领导人卡扎菲上校反复呼吁释放人质。
  22. There were fears that some of the Western hostages might be killed in reprisal
    有人担心一些西方人质可能会受到报复性杀害。
  23. The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.
    随着昨晚警方发现了弹痕累累的尸体，人们对剩余两名人质的担心也终告结束。
  24. They are holding hostages to try to force the authorities into talks on possible amnesties for drugs offences.
    他们扣押了若干人质以胁迫当局就赦免毒品犯罪与他们谈判。
  25. He still claims the arms weren't traded for hostages
    他仍然声称军火没有被用来交换人质。
  26. The hostages cannot go home just yet
    人质目前还不能回家。
  27. The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets.
    在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。
  28. All these hostages took a solemn oath on the gospels.
    这些人质都手按着福音书立下了庄重的誓言。
  29. The terrorists will only release their hostages on certain conditions.
    恐怖分子只有在某些条件下才肯释放人质。
  30. The gunmen took three hostages.
    持枪歹徒扣押了三名人质。
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