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hos.tageHhBs7tIJ, $5hB:7stIJn [C]someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do what the enemy wants人质I was taken/held (as a) hostage by the gunmen.我被歹徒作为/扣为人质。The terrorists have seized 20 hostages and are threatening to kill one a day unless their demands are met.恐怖分子抓了20名人质，并威胁除非他们的要求得到满足否则将每天杀一个人。The President gave/created a hostage to fortune (= took a risk and said or did something that could cause trouble later) when he said that taxes would never go up.当总统说税收决不会增加时，他是在冒险。"He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune" (Francis Bacon in his Essays, 1578)“有妻子和儿女的人，就将一切托付给了命运。”(弗朗西斯·培根) Crimes and criminals
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