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hostage

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

hostageсуществительное

hostages

множ.

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

Переводы

заложник

The kidnappers took a hostage to ensure their demands were met.

Похитители взяли заложника, чтобы их требования были выполнены.

Дополнительные переводы

арестант

пленник

Определения

A person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition.

The kidnappers took a hostage to ensure their demands were met.

A person who is involuntarily controlled by an outside influence.

He felt like a hostage to his own fears, unable to make decisions freely.

Something given or held as security for the performance of an act; a pledge.

His promise became a hostage to fortune.

Синонимы

bargaining chips

hostageглагол

hostaged

Прошедшее простое время

hostaged

Причастие прошедшего времени

hostaging

Герундий

Rare, transitive. To seize and hold as a hostage.

Определения

To seize and hold (a person) as a hostage.

The insurgents hostaged the businessmen after the ambush.

Синонимы

hold hostage

take hostage

hold captive

take captive

take prisoner

hold prisoner

hostageприлагательное

/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/

/ˈhɑːstɪdʒ/

Used attributively in combinations such as "hostage crisis", "hostage negotiations".

Определения

Relating to or involved in a situation in which people are held captive to force the fulfillment of demands.

The military planned a hostage rescue operation.

Синонимы

coerced

interned

taken captive

held prisoner

held captive