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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 |