Hostage
['hɒstɪdʒ] or ['hɑstɪdʒ]
解释:
(noun.) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
校对:佩里--From WordNet
解释:
(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.
编辑:梅尔维尔
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Sponsor, bail, surety
ANT:Dictator, conqueror
伊迪丝录入
解释:
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.
克莉丝汀编辑
例句:
- 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. 雪莉.
- With her as hostage I could force acquiescence to my every demand. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Moreover, Philip, before his accession, had spent some years as a hostage in Greece. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- 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. 威尔基·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. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The Carthaginians sent the hostages Rome demanded, they surrendered their arms, they prepared to surrender territory. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- There was a man of rare ability, one who had many hostages to give to fortune. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The man, says Lord Bacon, who hath wife and children, has given hostages to fortune. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
整理:塞丽娜