hostages
翻译
人质（复数）
例句
The hijackers released two hostages.
劫机者释放了两名人质。
They are holding several people as hostages.
他们扣押了几个人作为人质。
语法模式
劫持((sb.))作为人质 to take (sb.) as hostages They took the tourists as hostages.
扣留((sb.))作为人质 to hold (sb.) as hostages They held several people as hostages.
近义词
同义词: captives, prisoners, pawns
词源
'hostage' 的复数形式。源自古法语 'hostage'，来自 'hoste'，意为“主人”。
记忆技巧
想象多个“主人”(hosts)因为压力而“变老”(age)。词尾的 's' 表示复数。