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hostage [ˈhɒstıdʒ] N

Usage examples with hostage

take [or hold] sb hostage
把某人扣作人质

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The robbers rotate the hostages among various rooms and occasionally insert themselves covertly into the groups.
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Hostages get teleported around the station if the player is not fast enough to rescue them, and the overall mission is limited to 50 minutes.
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Forty-five residents of the village were taken hostage including 9 children and 29 women.
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They purchased peace by offering tribute and hostages.
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Other hostages take it as a signal to flee.
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But the inmates inside create a human shield by tying the hostages to the interior wall.
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The workers took several managers and high ranked management officials hostage.
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Isolated and without a hostage, the two brothers agreed to surrender.
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Upon their return, they found that the inmates had taken the warden's wife and daughter hostage inside the prison.
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He said that he had no sympathy for the rebels or for their hostage-taking.
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