It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days.

有两名人质可望在几天后获释。

He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist.

他第一次作为电视记者出国采访时就被扣作人质。

With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price. [+ to]

随着外资的减少，政府将更加受制于起伏不定的国际油价。

Wine growers say they've been held hostage to the interests of the cereal and soybean farmers.

葡萄种植兼酿酒者说他们一直都为谷物和大豆种植者的利益所绑架。