| 单词 | hostage |
| 释义 | hostage (hɒstɪdʒ ) Word forms: hostages 1. countable noun 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. 2. take sb hostage/hold sb hostage phrase If someone is taken hostage or is held hostage, they are captured and kept as a hostage. He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist. 3. variable noun If you say you are hostage to something, you mean that your freedom to take action is restricted by things that you cannot control. The bank is shrewdly ensuring that in future it will not be a hostage to strict targets. [+ to] Wine growers say they've been held hostage to the interests of the cereal and soybean farmers. Idioms: a hostage to fortune [mainly British] someone who cannot control how a situation develops, and so has to accept any bad things that happen Charles, then nearly 33, had already made himself a hostage to fortune by declaring that 30 was a suitable age to settle down. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hostage negotiation The media spotlight can exert pressure on both sides in a hostage negotiation that might otherwise stall. Times, Sunday Times I don't want to go into details but it included hostage negotiation teams and training, etc. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The police psychologist will train police officers how to work in crisis situations like hostage negotiation teams/hostage barricade team. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, she has thrown herself into the high-stakes world of international hostage negotiations. Times, Sunday Times Besides, hostage negotiations can only be concluded on an agreed exchange of commodity by the parties involved. Times, Sunday Times What's the secret to success as a hostage negotiator? Christianity Today (2000) POLICE called in a hostage negotiator to talk down two men having a row on an roof just eight feet off the ground. The Sun (2015) Many of you will know he was a hostage negotiator in the 1980s. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The wounded soldier was hit in the arm during a hostage rescue exercise. Times,Sunday Times Other teams should have had the prime task of taking out the enemy without being involved in the hostage rescue, he said. Times, Sunday Times The elite commando unit carries out sensitive and risky missions including hostage rescue operations or antiterrorist action abroad. Times,Sunday Times We're trained in dynamic interventions, such as hostage rescue. Times, Sunday Times Aid organisations said last night that the humanitarian situation was set to deteriorate, despite the army's boast that it had conducted the 'world's largest hostage rescue'. Times, Sunday Times Yes, there were staff trapped inside, but not accessible to the rioters: not in a hostage situation and not under threat. RIOT (2003) It's game on as the carefully planned heist spirals into a hostage situation. The Sun (2006) But the most alarming moment comes with a hostage situation. The Sun (2013) You'll know what it's like to be in a hostage situation. The Sun (2016) A specialist negotiator was believed to have made at least initial contact with the hostage taker. Times,Sunday Times Destroy the group's chain of command and you not only eradicate a global menace, but also cut back its ability to act as a hostage taker. Times, Sunday Times One hostage taker spoke of normal life, even as his own fate seemed sealed. Houston Chronicle During the tactical release, both snipers fired simultaneously, fatally wounding the hostage taker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, no official contact could be established with the hostage taker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her heroic boss leapt at the shaven-headed robber, forcing him to release his hostage. The Sun Police negotiators worked for several hours to convince the suspect to surrender and release the hostages. Times,Sunday Times It doesn't include them releasing the hostage of your bank account. Times, Sunday Times We knew what our mission was - it was to release the hostages. Times, Sunday Times He conceeded, however, that the situation had deteriorated rapidly after the hijacker initially showed a willingness to release his hostages. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 人质 Japanese: 人質 |
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