hostage

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hostage 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 人质, 抵押品

[经] 人质, 抵押品

英文释义

n. a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

hostage 的真实例句

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According to franceinfo, which first reported the incident, GIGN officers recovered the hostages, who were unharmed.

—— French cops free mother and son after 20-hour crypto kidnap ordeal

As a parting kiss-off to Carter, the hostages were released on the day of the Republican’s inauguration.

—— 1979 Is the Year That Explains Donald Trump

Meanwhile, so much money is pouring into the AI boom that these companies are functionally holding the global economy hostage.

—— Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem

Armando Chaguaceda, a Cuban historian, compared the regime to a kidnapper blaming his hostages’ suffering on those calling for their release.

—— Cubans’ Despair

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