held hostage
collocation被劫持为人质
The family was held hostage in their own home.
这家人被劫持为人质，困在自己家中。
被控制的；被持有的
被占据或控制的；常与其他词连用
occupied or in the control of someone; often used in combination.
被占据或控制的；常与其他词连用
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
The hostages were held captive for three weeks.
人质被囚禁了三周。
用法提示：held 作为形容词，与 captive 构成表语，表示‘被囚禁的状态’。
The company's shares are held by a single investor.
该公司的股份由一位投资者持有。
用法提示：held 表示‘被持有’，描述股份的所有权状态。
The held position must be defended at all costs.
被占领的阵地必须不惜一切代价守住。
用法提示：held 直接修饰 position，意为‘被占据的’。
侧重指领土、空间或职位被人占据；不用于抽象的‘信念受控’等含义。
强调处于他人权力或指挥之下，比 held 常用；但 held 常用于复合形容词，controlled 则更独立使用。
突出所有权，如 closely held 可理解为 closely owned；但不能表达被占领或被控制。
强调继续保持而不失去，常用于财产、权利等；不宜替换‘enemy-held’这类占领用法。
指未被占据或不受控制，与 held 表示“被占据/被控制”直接相对。
强调位置或空间未被占用，与 held 的“被占据”义相对。
被劫持为人质
The family was held hostage in their own home.
这家人被劫持为人质，困在自己家中。
私人持股的；非公有的
The firm is privately held by three partners.
这家公司由三位合伙人私人持股。
股份不公开的；由少数人持股的
It's a closely held corporation with just four shareholders.
这是一家股份不公开的公司，只有四位股东。
敌方占领的领土
The patrol crossed into enemy-held territory at dawn.
巡逻队在黎明时进入了敌方占领的领土。
被拘留
The suspect was held in custody pending trial.
嫌疑人被拘留候审。
held描述被控制的状态，control是施加这种力量的行为或能力。
held表示占有状态，possession是这种状态的名词形式，强调拥有或持有。
与held在法律或商业语境中相关，如closely held company指所有权集中。
涉及对人或物的合法控制，held也常用于custody相关的语境，如held in custody。
控制往往依托authority，held可指处于权力控制之下的状态。
遏制；使无法靠近
The new drug held the disease at bay.
这种新药遏制了疾病。
受到高度尊重；得到好评
The teacher is held in high regard by her students.
这位老师深受学生们的尊敬。
被追究责任；要求作出解释
The company was held to account for the environmental damage.
该公司因环境破坏而受到追究。
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