| 词汇 | hostage-to-fortune |
| 释义 | hostage to fortuneidiom an action or statement that could create problems for you later: 将来可能会引起麻烦的言行;冒险行为;冒险言论 The prime minister was extremely cautious, saying nothing inflammatory and giving no hostages to fortune.首相极为谨慎，不说任何具有煽动性和可能在将来引起麻烦的话。 Dangers and threats balefully baneful banefully black spot hang hang over something hazard hazardous hazardously on/under pain of deathidiom or elseidiom parlous parlously peril someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom tombstoning treacherously triple threat ultra-hazardous venturesome Examples of hostage to fortunehostage to fortune The details of prospective reform were not fleshed out, but the dramatic language used created a hostagetofortune. Conservative policy ties us again to a single distant and currently erratic friend, and to a technology which is a hostagetofortune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, clause 13 is a hostagetofortune—or to the misfortune of vulnerable young people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be an enormous amount of extra traffic, which is why we are a hostagetofortune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that he is giving one extra hostagetofortune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why is one a hostagetofortune and the other not? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To use the word "never" is presenting a tremendous hostagetofortune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We give a hostagetofortune if we make even half apologies for intervening in the legitimacy of such debates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that they are a hostagetofortune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am well aware that we have given a hostagetofortune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not give a hostagetofortune by mentioning a figure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has given a hostagetofortune by including personal chattels of over £1,000 within the scope of the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In retrospect, the "bonfire of the quangos" phrase was a hostagetofortune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That phrase in itself is a massive hostagetofortune in the context of the hard, tough negotiations ahead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that these figures give much hostagetofortune in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of hostage to fortune These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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