| 单词 | a hostage to |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔hostage〕That amendment was clearly a hostage to fortune for taxpayers.那项修正案对于纳税人来说, 是随时都会失去约束性的。外研社新世纪〔hostage〕The government will be a hostage to the whims of the international oil price.政府将因国际油价波动而受掣肘。外研社新世纪〔hostage〕With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price.随着外资的减少，政府将更加受制于起伏不定的国际油价。柯林斯高阶The President gave/created a hostage to fortune (= took a risk and said or did something that could cause trouble later) when he said that taxes would never go up.当总统说税收决不会增加时，他是在冒险。剑桥国际 |
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