hostage 核心詞議：
n. 人質
hostage 基本解釋
速記方法
速記技巧
詞源記憶法
來自古法語hostage，客人，作為抵押的人質，來自拉丁語hospes，客人，來自PIE*ghostis，外來人，陌生人，詞源同guest.
諧音記憶法
還可諧音：好似特急，人質好似特急。
知識擴展
詞根詞綴
詞根 hospit, host= guest 客人 hospitable adj. 好客的 hospit 客人 + able …的 → 好客的 hospital n. 醫院 hospit 客人 + al 表名詞 → 把病人當客人的地方 → 醫院 host n. 主人（原意指招待客人的人） hostage n. 人質 host 客人 + age 表行為 → 把客人〔留住〕→ 人質 hostel n. 旅館 host 客人 + el 表地點 → 客人住的地方 → 旅館 hostess n. 女主人 host 客人 + ess 表女性 → 女主人
詞語辨析
prisoner hostage captive detainee prisoner of war These are all words for a person who has been captured and is being kept somewhere. 以上各詞和短語均指被捕獲、關押的人。 prisoner a person who has been captured, for example by an enemy, and is being kept somewhere 指被（敵人等）關起來的人、俘虜、戰俘。 注釋 The more frequent meaning of prisoner is ‘a person who is kept in prison’. prisoner較常用的意思為囚犯、犯人。 hostage a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who may be injured or killed if people do not do what the person or group is asking 指人質 captive ( literary ) a person who is kept as a prisoner 指囚徒、俘虜 用prisoner還是captive？ Captive often occurs in more historical contexts involving people such as kings, queens and princesses. It is also sometimes found in references to political organizations holding people against their will. Prisoner is more often used to talk about people who have been captured in war. captive常用于涉及國王、王后、公主等人物的歷史背景中，有時亦指政治組織關押持異見者。prisoner較常用以指戰俘、俘虜。 detainee a person who is kept in prison, especially for political reasons and often without a trial 尤指因政治原因，通常是未經審訊被扣留、關押的人 prisoner of war a person, usually a member of the armed forces, who is captured by the enemy during a war and kept in a prison camp until the war has finished 指戰俘 常用搭配 to hold / keep sb prisoner / hostage / captive to free / release a prisoner / hostage / captive / detainee / a prisoner of war to set free a prisoner / hostage / captive to take sb prisoner / hostage / captive to capture a prisoner / hostage a political prisoner / hostage / detainee
hostage 記憶方法
hostage相關的詞根或詞綴是:
hospithost
hostage人質n.
host 客人 + age 表行為 → 把客人〔留住〕→ 人質
中文詞源：
hostage 人質
來自古法語hostage,客人，作為抵押的人質，來自拉丁語hospes,客人，來自PIE*ghostis,外來人，陌生人，詞源同guest.
hostage
精選例句
1、 There was none of the drama and relief of a hostage release.
絲毫沒有人質釋放的戲劇性場面和放松。
常見考點例句：
- The financial markets have taken the world economy hostage .
- 金融市場已將全球經濟挾為人質。
- They are holding several trainees hostage .
- 目前他們手里有數名受訓人員作為人質。
- Lofty words are always a hostage to fortune .
- 崇高的字眼從來就是命運的人質。
- Yet I am not held hostage anymore !
- 然而我再也不是人質了！
- The army also said the protesters were holding five soldiers hostage .
- 泰國軍方還聲稱，示威者持有5名士兵人質。