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They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed.
在更多人质获得自由之前他们期望看到对方也有相应的表示。
—— 柯林斯例句The hostage release could clear the decks for war.
人质的获释可能会为发动战争扫清障碍。
—— 柯林斯例句Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed.
任何射击线上的人质就都会成为牺牲品。
—— 柯林斯例句The reporting of the hostage story was fair, if sometimes overblown.
尽管这篇关于人质的报道有些夸大其词,但还算公正。
—— 柯林斯例句The former hostage is in remarkably good shape considering his ordeal.
想想人质曾遭受的折磨,获救后其身体状况已经是出奇地好了。
—— 柯林斯例句