Three children were taken hostage during the bank robbery.

在银行抢劫案中有三名儿童被扣为人质。

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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。

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OK, so let's say I was taken hostage, I say.

那么，让我们聊聊如果我是人质，我说。

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He says an attack takes place everyday, with two or three ships taken hostage every week.

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U.S. companies have been taken hostage by the political debate and the fiscal cliff.

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He was 76 years old when he was taken hostage in February 1999, according to the complaint.

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Three crewman have been taken hostage after pirates attacked a British ship off the west coast of Africa.

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