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hostage    音标拼音: [h'ɑstɪdʒ]
n. 人质,抵押品

人质,抵押品

hostage
n 1: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another
party will meet specified terms [synonym: {hostage}, {surety}]

Hostage \Hos"tage\, n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F.
[^o]tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L.
hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a
guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as
a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See
{Host} a landlord.]
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.
[1913 Webster]

Your hostages I have, so have you mine;
And we shall talk before we fight. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to
fortune. --Bacon.
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  • Hostage - Wikipedia
    A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the
  • Hostage (2005) - IMDb
    Hostage: Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri With Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn When a family is held hostage, former hostage negotiator Jeff Talley arrives at the scene
  • HOSTAGE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of HOSTAGE is a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement How to use hostage in a sentence
  • How many hostages are left in Gaza? | AP News
    Israel’s military said Thursday that Israel has recovered the bodies of two hostages held in the Gaza Strip Israel identified them as Yair Yaakov, who was killed during Hamas’ Oct 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel and whose body was taken into Gaza, and the body of a second hostage whose identity was not disclosed Yaakov’s partner and two children were also taken captive and
  • HOSTAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    HOSTAGE definition: 1 someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do… Learn more
  • HOSTAGE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Hostage definition: a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc , by another See examples of HOSTAGE used in a sentence
  • Hostage - definition of hostage by The Free Dictionary
    Define hostage hostage synonyms, hostage pronunciation, hostage translation, English dictionary definition of hostage n 1 A person held by one party in a conflict as security that specified terms will be met by the opposing party 2 One that serves as security against an
  • HOSTAGE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    A hostage is someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days
  • Hostage | Definition Examples | Britannica
    hostage, in war, a person handed over by one of two belligerents to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement or for preventing violation of the law of war The practice of taking hostages is very ancient and has been used in cases of conquest, surrender, and armistice
  • What We Know About the Hostages Still in Gaza
    Hamas plans to release three more hostages on Saturday after days of recriminations that threatened a fragile cease-fire The families of hostages who were still in captivity at a rally at





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