hostages

英 [ˈhɒstɪdʒɪz]

美 [ˈhɑstədʒəz]

n. 人质
hostage的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 人质
Ahostageis 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。
PHRASE 被扣作人质
If someoneis taken hostageoris 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。
N-VAR 受限制的人;不由自主的人
If you say you arehostage tosomething, 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。

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。
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。
The hostages cowered in their seats.
人质们蜷缩在座位上。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。