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IELTS BNC: 5420 COCA: 3972

hostage

hos·tage /ˈhɒstɪdʒ $ ˈhɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countableC]  
1  KEEP somebody IN A PLACEsomeone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands 人质 → kidnap
 The group are holding two tourists hostage (=keeping them as hostages).
这伙人挟持了两名游客作为人质。
 a family taken hostage at gunpoint
在枪口下被劫为人质的一家人
2  be (a) hostage to something to be influenced and controlled by something, so that you are not free to do what you want 受制于某事
 Our country must not be held hostage to our past.
我们的国家决不要被过去所束缚。
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be (a) hostage to something• But this development of local state institutions can be a hostage to fortune.• Making objectives explicit is a hostage to fortune and the failure to do so may reflect a shrewd awareness. 2.• Now, more than ever, the president will be a hostage to his own ethnic minority, the Zaghawa.• You were hostage to your producers.
3. a hostage to fortune RISKsomething that you have promised to do that may cause you problems in the future 可能招致后患的承诺
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a hostage to fortune• Senior Tories who dismissed the tax guarantee as a hostage to fortune will feel vindicated by Mr Hague's backdown.• But this development of local state institutions can be a hostage to fortune.• Making objectives explicit is a hostage to fortune and the failure to do so may reflect a shrewd awareness. 2.
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hostage• The government radio said 32 hostages had been released by 11 a. m., but that could not be confirmed.• An attempt to rescue the American hostages ended in disaster when a helicopter crashed.• When in residence, their occupants were under surveillance; when absent, they left their families as hostages.• We must exchange hostage for hostage.• They may then have been required to give hostages as a guarantee of future good behaviour.• A British journalist was held hostage for over four years.• For a politician to have a clear objective is to offer hostages to his opponents.• The medical team were captured and taken hostage.• Later, Cyrus and Poe must stop Johnny from raping a female prison official whom the prisoners have taken hostage.• The group has threatened to kill the hostages unless the government frees 15 political prisoners.• The terrorists say that they will kill the hostages if we don't agree to their demands.
holding ... hostage• Paris children held hostage An masked man armed with a revolver is holding twenty-five children hostage in a nursery school in Paris.• Don Nickles, R-Okla. who is holding the bill hostage because Sen.• One is the extent of her familiarity with Nestor Cerpa Cartolini, the leader of the rebels holding the hostages.• She smiled, holding me hostage with her piercing eyes.• He then called 911 to tell police he was holding the hostages.
Origin hostage
(1200-1300) Old French hoste; → HOST1
hos·tage noun
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IELTS BNC: 5420 COCA: 3972
hostage

noun

VERB + HOSTAGE➤hold (sb), keep (sb)將（某人）扣為人質◇Eight people were held hostage for four months.8 個人作為人質被扣留了 4 個月。➤seize, take (sb)扣押（某人作）人質◇The gunmen took 24 hostages.持槍歹徒扣押了 24 名人質。➤free, release, rescue釋放人質；解救人質◇diplomatic efforts to get the hostages released解救人質的外交努力➤execute, kill處死人質
IELTS BNC: 5420 COCA: 3972
hostage

noun

  ➡ See also the entry for prisoner 另见prisoner条hostage ♦︎ prisoner ♦︎ captive ♦︎ detainee ♦︎ prisoner of war ♦︎ POWThese are all words for a person who has been captured and is being kept somewhere. 这些词均表示人质、俘虏。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a political hostage / prisoner / detainee◆to hold / keep sb hostage / prisoner / captive◆to free / release a hostage / prisoner / captive / detainee / prisoner of war / POW◆to take sb hostage / prisoner / captive◆a hostage / prisoner / captive / detainee / prisoner of war / POW escapes■ hostage ˈhɒstɪdʒ; NAmE ˈhɑːstɪdʒ [countable] a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking 人质◆Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery.这起银行抢劫案中有三名儿童被扣为人质。◆The government is negotiating the release of the hostages.政府正就释放人质进行谈判。■ prisoner [countable] a person who has been captured, for example by an enemy, and is being kept somewhere 被（敌人等）关起来的人；俘虏；战俘◆He was taken prisoner by rebel soldiers.他被叛军俘虏了。◆They are holding her prisoner and demanding a large ransom.他们把她劫为人质，并索要巨额赎金。ⓘ The more frequent meaning of prisoner is 'a person who is kept in prison'. * prisoner更常表达的词义是“囚犯”。   see also prisoner ⇨ prisoner ■ captive ˈkæptɪv [countable] (literary) a person who is kept as a prisoner 俘虏；战俘；囚徒◆Talks have persuaded the terrorists to set the captives free.通过谈判说服了恐怖分子释放俘虏。NOTE 辨析 Prisoner or captive? Captive is often used in more historical contexts involving people such as kings, queens and princesses. * captive常用于涉及国王、王后和公主等人物的历史语境◆Their king was now a captive in Talleyrand's chateau.他们的国王现在被囚禁在塔列朗城堡。It is also sometimes used when talking about political organizations holding people against their will. Prisoner is more often used to talk about people who have been captured in war. * captive有时还指政治团体强行拘禁的人。prisoner多指战俘◆He spent half the war as a prisoner.战争期间他有一半时间是战俘。 ■ detainee ˌdiːteɪˈniː [countable] (rather formal) a person who is kept in prison, especially for political reasons and often without a trial （尤指因政治原因且未经审判的）被拘留者，被扣押者◆The detainee can make a formal complaint after release.被拘押者得到释放后可以提出正式控告。■ ˌprisoner of ˈwar [countable] a person, usually a member of the armed forces, who is captured by the enemy during a war and kept in a prison camp until the war has finished 战俘；俘虏◆After several more months as a prisoner of war, he escaped again.又当了几个月的战俘之后，他再次逃跑了。■ POW ˌpiː əʊ ˈdʌbljuː; NAmE ˌpiː oʊ ˈdʌbljuː(plural POWs) [countable] the abbreviation for 'prisoner of war' 战俘，俘虏（prisoner of war的缩写）◆He remained a POW for the rest of the war.自此他一直是战俘，直到战争结束。
IELTS BNC: 5420 COCA: 3972
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