hostage

名词 hostage:

1. a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
   同义词：surety

1. The terrorists are holding three men hostage.
   恐怖分子把三个人扣为人质。
2. The hostage had a rifle levelled at his head.
   一枝步枪瞄准著人质的头。
3. He kept the pilot as a hostage.
   他把驾驶员当做人质。
4. The company took the cars as hostage.
   公司把汽车当做抵押品。

hos.tage

n.（名词）
A person held by one party in a conflict as security that specified terms will be met by the opposing party.
人质：被冲突一方扣押的人，以作为对方满足其提出的条件的保证
One that serves as security against an implied threat:
制约物：对抗暗藏的威胁事物：
例句：
superpowers held hostage to each other by their nuclear arsenals.
超级大国因各自拥有核工厂而互相制约

One that is manipulated by the demands of another:
被控物：被另一事物的要求所操纵的事物：
例句：
.National policies cannot be made hostage to another country.(Alan D. Romberg)
.一个国家的政策不能被另一个国家所操纵.(艾伦D.龙伯格)

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
probably from host [guest, host] * see host
可能源自 host [客人，主人] *参见 host