hostage
n. 人质
复数 hostages
例句
Somebody is holding your wife hostage.
有人在扣留你的妻子当人质。
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The group had shot dead another hostage.
这伙人又打死了一名人质。
One group claimed to have executed the hostage.
一个组织声称他们已处死了那名人质。