hostage

常见例句

用作名词 (n.)

• He's managed to secure the release of the hostages.
  他设法使人质获释。

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双语例句

• The hostage's mouth was taped.
  人质的嘴被用胶布封住了。
• The children were detained as hostage in the underground.
  孩子们被扣押在地下通道里作人质。
• And without credibility, Iran -- like any country -- would not be able to hold another country hostage.
  伊朗像其他国家一样不可能会劫持另一个国家，这一点更没可信度。

原声例句

• A group of small states on the coast of North Africa was seizing American ships and holding their crews hostage.
• Their goal: hijack the ship and hold the crew hostage until the ship's owners paid for their release.
• Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was flown from Africa to New York City, where he was charged Tuesday with five crimes, including piracy and hostage-taking.

权威例句

• American hostage Jill Carroll has been freed in Baghdad after being held for nearly three months.
  NPR: latest news
• It suffers from an entitlement and group-rights problem, to which the individual immigrant plays sorry hostage.
  FORBES: People, Not Lobbies: Immigration And The 1920s
• There was a lot of concern about Americans still on the ground potentially being held hostage.
  WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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