| 单词 | hostage |
| 释义 | hostage (once / 837 pages) n A hostage is a prisoner taken by kidnappers and held until the kidnappers get whatever they’re asking for. If you refuse to empty the litter box, your roommate might take your cat as a hostage until you clean it. When hostages are taken, the hostage-takers often ask for ransom, which is money paid for the hostages. The funny thing about the movie Dog Day Afternoon is that when the bank robbers take hostages, the hostages don’t really want to leave because they sympathize with the robbers. People who take hostages might have other demands too. Unfortunately, hostages are not just in the movies, they’re abducted in real life for political and personal reasons. WORD FAMILYhostage: hostages USAGE EXAMPLESJimmy Carter watched haplessly as the Soviets marched into Afghanistan and the Iranians held America hostage for 444 days. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Negotiators eventually won the release of the hostages by assuring the inmates that they would not be harmed or transferred to other prisons. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Capucci remained in the headlines following his release, attempting to mediate in the Iran hostage crisis. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) n a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms Syn|Hyper surety captive, prisoner a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war |
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