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词汇 example_english_hostage-situation
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hostage situation

collocation in English

meanings of hostageand situation


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hostage
noun[C]
uk /ˈhɒs.tɪdʒ/ us /ˈhɑː.stɪdʒ/
someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do what the ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk /ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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Examples of hostage situation


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First, of course, we must resolve the hostagesituation without benefit to those who set it up.
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That problem must be addressed, as it has exacerbated the situation and is certainly responsible for the current hostagesituation.
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Three others escaped but were located in a private house close by, where a hostagesituation developed.
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Brody is able to elude charges related to the hostagesituation, as he is made to forget what happened.
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The two leaders announced that they were in agreement on how to handle the hostagesituation but provided few details.
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He told some callers the hotel had a swine flu outbreak and told other callers the hotel was in the midst of a hostagesituation.
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Spielban finds the child and learns about the hostagesituation.
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Wyckoff calls the police to inform him of his identity and the hostagesituation.
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Her original intent was to create the appearance of a hostagesituation and collect the ransom and insurance money to fund further surgical procedures.
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After the initial attack, a hostagesituation lasted for hours.
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However, it got nasty and took a hostagesituation at a supermarket to make them realize what they had turned into.
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The show was an eight-part series revolving around ex-war veterans whose bank robbery went wrong, thus ending in a hostagesituation.
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During the hostagesituation, other guests were evacuated and given alternative accommodations in the resort.
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The tasks included: fire fighting, a singing competition, negotiating a hostagesituation, a personal makeover and participating in a number of sales related tests.
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Back at the restaurant, the police arrive to respond to the hostagesituation.
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In the preliminary stages of a siege or hostagesituation, an observation point is allocated and assigned a marksman.
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The second part shows the hostagesituation more clearly.
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The three stories involve a middle-class family, a hostagesituation, and an elderly couple.
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Esposito turns up and frees the two out of their hostagesituation.
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