英英單字圖文記憶(119)
hostage [ˈhɑ:stɪdʒ]：
A hostage is
someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed
or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands.【人質】
【分解】：
【字根】host = guest，表示：客人、陌生人。
【後綴】age = 名詞。
【分析】：hostage = 被扣押起來的客人。引申為：人質。
For example，
The hostage
release could clear the decks for war.
人質的獲釋可能會為發動戰爭掃清障礙。
