| 釋義 |
hostage /'hostids; 'hastid n person (less often, a thing) given or left as a pledge that demands will be satisfied: 人質; 作抵押的人或物 (多指人)： take sb 把某人做為人質。 The bandits demanded that one of the travellers should stay with them as a 匪徒要一位旅客留下來做人質; give ~ to fortune, by an unwise step, take the risk of being harmed in future. 由于不智的步驟，冒將來受到傷害之險。 |