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.
Yes, I see. How can they get rid of waste water in this way? What a terrible colour the sea is now! It looks as if our class won't be able to bathe at all.
是的,我看见了。他们怎么能这样排放废水呢?海水的颜色多么可怕呀!看来我们班同学根本不能在这里游泳。
After speaking for about half an hour he came to a sad part of the family history.
大约谈了半个小时之后,他谈到了家族史中的一件伤心事。
In September 1888 at the age of 19, he sailed to England and after three years' study became a lawyer.