Hostage
['hɒstɪdʒ] or ['hɑstɪdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
校對:佩里--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
編輯:梅尔维尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Sponsor, bail, surety
ANT:Dictator, conqueror
伊迪丝錄入
解釋/意思:
n. one remaining with the enemy as a pledge for the fulfilment of the conditions of a treaty.—Hostages to fortune a man's wife children &c.
克莉丝汀編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- From my presence you do not stir, out of my reach you do not stray, till I receive a hostage--pledge for pledge--your heart for mine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- With her as hostage I could force acquiescence to my every demand. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Moreover, Philip, before his accession, had spent some years as a hostage in Greece. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- We will see about that presently--I can keep you hostage here, and bargain with you to send for your letter before I let you go. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- My alliance with him was the pledge of my sincerity, my union with his sister, my children, his presumptive heirs, were the hostages of my truth. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The Carthaginians sent the hostages Rome demanded, they surrendered their arms, they prepared to surrender territory. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There was a man of rare ability, one who had many hostages to give to fortune. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The man, says Lord Bacon, who hath wife and children, has given hostages to fortune. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
整理:塞丽娜