He's more like a hostage.

他更像一个人质。

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And that's more like a best-case scenario: Many households are hostage to a single broadband provider, and nearly one-tenth have no broadband provider at all.

那更像是最好的情况：很多家庭都受制于单一宽带提供商、近十分之一根本没有宽带提供商可言。

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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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