| 单词 | hostage |
| 释义 | hostage¹ 1.(prisoner)人质 It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days.两名人质有望于接下来的几天获释。 to take sb hostage把某人扣作人质 to be taken hostageorto be held hostage被扣作人质 He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist.他作为电视记者第一次到国外采访, 便被扣作人质。 2.(without freedom of manoeuvre)受制方；受限方 hostage to sth受制(或受限)于… The government will be a hostage to the whims of the international oil price.政府将因国际油价波动而受掣肘。 Wine growers say they've been held hostage to the interests of the cereal and soybean farmers.酿酒商称自己受制于种植谷物或大豆的农民的利益。 idiom hostage² ◆a hostage to fortune无法保证的事 That amendment was clearly a hostage to fortune for taxpayers.那项修正案对于纳税人来说, 是随时都会失去约束性的。 to give hostages to fortune听天由命；担风险 On one matter dear to the electorate's heart, all three parties are mute. None will give any hostage to fortune on taxation.在选民都十分关心的一件事上, 三个政党都保持沉默, 都不愿在税收问题上担风险。 人质的 a hostage crisis人质危机 a hostage rescue人质营救 |
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