| 释义 | 
		hostagehos·tage  /ˈhɑstɪdʒ / noun  [countable]  a person who is caught and kept prisoner by a person or group. The  hostage  may be killed or injured if that person or group does not get what it is asking for.人质◆The hijackers released the women and children but kept the men as hostages.劫机者释放了妇女和儿童,但将成年男子扣作人质。 ●take / hold sb hostageto catch / keep someone as a hostage 将某人扣为人质  |