"hostage" in Chinese (Simplified)

人质

Definition

人质是被某人扣留、不得离开的人，通常扣押者会借此向他人索要金钱、安全保障或其他条件。

这个词通常用于严重或暴力事件。常见搭配有 'take someone hostage'、'hold someone hostage' 和 'hostage situation'。它也可以用于比喻，如 'be held hostage by fear'，但本义更常见。

The police tried to save the hostage.

警方试图救出这名**人质**。

The bank robber took one man hostage.

银行劫匪劫持了一名男子作为**人质**。

She was released after two days as a hostage.

她作为**人质**被扣了两天后获释。

For hours, no one knew whether the hostage was still alive.

好几个小时里，没人知道那名**人质**是否还活着。

The movie is about a family trying to rescue their daughter after she is taken hostage.

这部电影讲的是一个家庭在女儿被劫为**人质**后试图救她的故事。

We felt hostage to the endless delays and couldn't do anything about it.

我们感觉自己被没完没了的拖延当成了**人质**，却对此无能为力。