人质事件

volatile situation───动荡的局势

whole situation───全局；整体状况；整体情况；大局

certain situations───确定的情况

pressure situation───压力情况

worsen the situation───纵风止燎

awkward situation───尴尬的局面；尴尬的处境

bad situation───糟糕的局面，处于劣势

complex situation───复杂情况

dire situation───严峻的形势

How do you avert a potentially dangerous hostage situation?───你要如何避免危险的人质状况呢？

He rebuked the president for trying to make political capital out of the hostage situation.───他指责总统想利用人质事件捞取政治资本。

Why? Because this is a hostage situation.───为什么？ 因为现在一种被劫持的局面。

Question: If someone with multiple personalities tries to commit suicide, do the police consider it a hostage situation?───问题：如果一个具有多重性格的人想要自杀，警察是否会认为发生人质劫持情况？

Well, concerns about the tax deal reflect realism, not purism: Mr. Obama is setting up another hostage situation a year down the road.───好吧，由于对税政折射出的现实主义，而非纯粹主义的介怀，奥巴马正设好一种一年后被绑架的状况。

His latest, The All Together, finds him returning to comedy as a bored TV producer who unwittingly becomes involved in a hostage situation.───在他最新的作品《欢聚一堂》里可以看到他回归了喜剧，在剧里他扮演一个无聊的电视制作人，不知不觉的卷入了一起人质解救事件。

This incident will live to serve as how a hostage situation is not to be handled.───这一事件将成为说明人质事件不应该如何处理的活教材。

Whether on a routine surveillance, surveying a hostage situation, or responding to a chemical spill.───是否在一次例行监视、测量一名人质状况，或针对化学溅出来。

The international community itself characterized what prevailed in the north as a hostage situation.───国际社会自己也认为斯里兰卡北部普遍存在的情况具有人质危机的特点。

He rebuked the President for trying to make political capital out of the hostage situation.

Well, concerns about the tax deal reflect realism, not purism: Mr. Obama is setting up another hostage situation a year down the road.