He's more like a hostage.

他更像一个人质。

youdao

I'm starting to feel like a hostage.

我开始觉得自己像个人质了。

youdao

But one hostage who survived the ordeal said he was freed by a group with men who looked like Americans.

但是一名死里逃生的人质说，他是被一群看起来像美国人的人救出来的。

youdao

Australians used to see themselves as sturdy pioneers, clearing the bush, rounding up sheep and doing battle with droughts, dingos and dastardly oppressors like the policemen who hunted poor Ned Kelly (never mind that he was a hostage-taker and murderer).

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