hostage
US
UK hostage n: (person taken prisoner)
SC 人质 rén zhì
TC 人質
TC 人質
The terrorists took a few hostages and tried to negotiate for money.
恐怖分子劫持了几名人质，试图借此谈判，以获取赎金。
be taken hostage vi: (be abducted and held to ransom)
SC 被挟持，被作为人质
The journalist covering the war was taken hostage by the guerrillas.
hold [sb] hostage v expr: (hold [sb] to ransom)
SC 将...作为人质要挟