He was held hostage for almost a year.

他被扣为人质几近一年。

《牛津词典》

Otherwise, he argues, the present will always be held hostage to the future, forgoing its own consumption to further enrich all the generations to come.

否则，在他看来，现今的人民总会是被当作未来人民的人质，放弃自己的消费，使未来的人们更加富裕。

youdao

According to Ecoterra, a Kenya-based group which tracks Somali piracy, 24 foreign-flagged vessels are presently being held hostage in Somalia with a total of 434 hostages on board.

据总部设在肯尼亚，专门监控索马里海盗活动的组织ecoterra统计：目前总共有24艘外国船只被劫持，船上共有434名人质。

youdao

"Never again will the American taxpayer be held hostage by a bank that is too big to fail,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The fate of the second French hostage, who was being held by al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-linked militant group allied with Hisbul Islam, is not immediately clear.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Phillips told the FBI agent that Muse was the first to board his ship and, in his words, "conducted himself as the leader of the pirates" Phillips said while the pirates held him hostage aboard the lifeboat, Muse told him he had hijacked other ships before.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

There was a lot of concern about Americans still on the ground potentially being held hostage.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The next generation will not be held hostage to energy sources from the last century.

WHITEHOUSE: Moving Forward on a New Foundation

Once again, the market place is held hostage by developments coming out of the European Union.

FORBES: Comex Gold Ends Sharply Lower as U.S. Dollar Index Rallies, Most Other Commodity Markets Sell Off