劍橋詞典someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do what the enemy wants 人質 She was taken/held hostage by the gunmen . 她被持槍歹徒劫持作人質。 The terrorists have seized 20 hostages and are threatening to kill one a day unless their demands are met . 恐怖分子劫持了20名人質，竝威脇除非他們的要求得到滿足，否則將每天殺掉一名人質。 習語hostage to fortune 返回 hostage