Hostage
[ 'hɑstɪdʒ ]
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n. 人质;抵押品;
💡 词根助记
host客人+age表名词→把客人[留住]→人质
📝 例句
"If you marry her, it means you'll give hostage to fortune."
如果你娶她，就意味着你要冒险。
The hostage had a rifle levelled at his head.
一枝步枪瞄准着人质的头.
The hijackers held 30 hostages.
劫机者扣押了三十人作人质。
Have you read the article about the rescue of the hostage?
你看了关于营救人质的文章了吗？
The captain finally lost patience and seized a royal servant as hostage.
最后这位队长按捺不住了，于是抓住了王室一个侍从作为人质。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ shortage-缺少,hostage-人质:缺少人质
※ host-东道主,age-年龄:东道主询问人质的年龄
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
hostage
n
1 person held as a captive by one or more others who threaten to keep, harm or kill him unless certain demands are met 人质
The hijackers kept the pilot on board the plane as
(a) hostage. 劫机者把飞机驾驶员扣留在飞机上作为人质.
2 (idm 习语) a ,hostage to `fortune (fml 文) person or thing that one acquires and may then suffer by losing, esp a husband or wife or child 希望得到的但需蒙受可能失去之痛苦的人或事物（尤指配偶或子女）. take/hold sb `hostage seize/keep sb as a hostage 抓住[扣押]某人作为人质
The gunman is holding two children hostage in the building. 持枪歹徒把两个孩子扣押在这座建筑物里当作人质.
🎯 考研助记
host(主人)+age(年龄):主人一把年纪被当作 人质
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That's easy. I can do that tomorrow. I'll bring my drill.
那容易。我明天就做。我把钻头带来。
However, in recent times the old-age pension has only been paid to the poorest people because there has been an increase in the number of people out of work.189
然而阳近一段时间，老年养老金只付给那些最穷的人，因为失业的人数一直在增长。
I am sorry that you have a disagreement with your father. Personally, I think it is important to follow your interests and your abilities, and it sounds as though you have plenty of both of these already.
我感到遗憾，你和你父亲意见不一致。就我自己而言，我认为重要的是从你的兴趣和能力出发，听起来好像你已具备了这两点。