Word · Frequency #5420
Fully loadedhostage
人质
a person who is captured and held prisoner by someone, especially to make others meet demands or give something
- 1.
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
作为履行条约或类似协议条件的保证或担保而交出的人,如确保附庸地位
- 2.
a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
被一方扣押以确保另一方履行特定条款的人质
- 3.
A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
被扣押以迫使另一方因担心人质受到伤害而采取(或不采取)某种行动的人
- 4.
Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
因处于危险之中而约束某人行动的事物
- 5.
One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
被某种事物(尤指构成威胁的事物)所胁迫的人；不能自由选择自己行动方针的人
- 6.
The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
被扣作担保或迫使他人以特定方式行动或不行动的状态
身不由己的人或物；被扣作人质的状态；作为履行条约或类似协议条件的保证或担保而交出的人,如确保附庸地位；被一方扣押以确保另一方履行特定条款的人质；被扣押以迫使另一方因担心人质受到伤害而采取(或不采取)某种行动的人
In use
The criminals kept the hostage in a hidden location.
The government negotiated for the release of the hostages.
The bank robbers took the manager hostage during the heist.
take sb hostage
The rebels took several civilians hostage.
叛军劫持了几名平民作为人质。
hold sb hostage
The bank robbers held the employees hostage for hours.
银行劫匪将员工扣为人质数小时。
be held hostage
The diplomat was held hostage for three months.
Connections
Collocations
- take hostage
- 劫持人质
- The gunman took several people hostage in the bank.枪手在银行里劫持了几名人质。
- hold hostage
- 扣押人质
- The terrorists held the diplomats hostage for months.恐怖分子扣押外交官作为人质数月之久。
- hostage situation
- 人质事件
- The police negotiator is trained to handle hostage situations.警方谈判专家经过训练来处理人质事件。
- hostage negotiator
- 人质谈判专家
- A skilled hostage negotiator can often resolve the crisis without violence.一位熟练的人质谈判专家通常能不通过暴力解决危机。
- release hostages
- 释放人质
- The captors agreed to release the hostages after negotiations.绑匪在谈判后同意释放人质。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：人质（hostage）被‘主人’（host）扣押，度过漫长‘岁月’（age）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报导、法律文件、国际关系 通常用于正式或严肃语境，如新闻报道或法律讨论。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为hostages
Pronunciation & Spelling
拼写结尾 -age 的单词中，courage, village, damage, package, message 的发音与 hostage 押韵（结尾均为 /ɪdʒ/），但 stage 发音为 /steɪdʒ/（长元音 /eɪ/），与 hostage 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.