"hostage" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 人質

Definition

人質是被某人扣留、不得離開的人，通常扣押者會藉此向他人索要金錢、安全保障或其他條件。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這個詞通常用於嚴重或暴力事件。常見搭配有 'take someone hostage'、'hold someone hostage' 和 'hostage situation'。它也可以用於比喻，如 'be held hostage by fear'，但本義更常見。

Examples

The police tried to save the hostage.

警方試圖救出這名**人質**。

The bank robber took one man hostage.

銀行劫匪挾持了一名男子作為**人質**。

She was released after two days as a hostage.

她作為**人質**被扣了兩天後獲釋。

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

好幾個小時裡，沒人知道那名**人質**是否還活著。

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

這部電影講的是一個家庭在女兒被挾為**人質**後試圖救她的故事。

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

我們感覺自己被沒完沒了的拖延當成了**人質**，卻對此無能為力。