hostage [ˈhɑ:stɪdʒ]

例句:

• The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent a hostage-negotiating team.
  来自WSJ
• The hostage release could clear the decks for war.
  人质的获释可能会为发动战争扫清障碍。
  
• The reporting of the hostage story was fair, if sometimes overblown.
  尽管这篇关于人质的报道有些夸大其词，但还算公正。
  
• In Somalia, people are held hostage for ransom.
  来自VOA
• The class was held hostage by a hooded gunman.
  全班同学被一个蒙面的持枪歹徒劫为人质。
  
• Consider the group responsible for the latest hostage murders.
  来自WSJ
• He's managed to secure the release of the hostages.
  他设法使人质获释。
  来自《权威词典》