hostage
英 ['h?st?d?]
美['hɑst?d?]
- n. 人質；抵押品
詞組搭配
hold (或 take) someone hostage
seize and keep someone as a hostage
把某人持為人質
a hostage to fortune
an act, commitment, or remark which is regarded as unwise because it invites trouble or could prove difficult to live up to
招惹麻煩（或不明智、很難做到）的行為（或許諾、話語）擔風險
making objectives explicit is to &B{give a hostage to fortune}.
使目的明確就要承擔風險。