英语单词 | captive |
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英美音标 | 英 ['kæptɪv] 美 ['kæptɪv] |
中文释义 | n.俘虏;迷恋者 adj.被俘的;被迷住的 |
英语例句 | (1) The captive was whooped and jeered. (2) We were held captive for three months. (3) If a hero is of any importance, Homer also mentions the captive girl with whom he shares his tent and his bed. (4) With full knowledge that the experiments were conducted on captive humans, the U.S. recruited the doctors to work for them. |
中文例句 | (1) 俘虏被叱责讥笑。 (2) 我们当了三个月俘虏。 (3) 荷马的史诗每提到一个重要的英雄,都要讲到同他共享帐篷和枕席的被俘的姑娘。 (4) 在充分了解到在被俘的人身上进行的实验,美国招募了这批医生为他们工作。 |
vocabulary简明 | A captive is something that has been captured and can’t escape, like a prisoner of war or a panda in a zoo. |
vocabulary扩展 | To be captured on the battlefield, and held captive is not so great, but captive doesn’t always describe things that are completely bad, like its synonym, hostage. If you fall in love you might say your heart is being held captive. Ideas that entrance you could be called captivating. Sometimes endangered animals are brought into captivity in order to breed larger populations, and then released into the wild. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]被监禁的;被关押的 A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed. [LITERARY 文]
2 [ADJ 形容词](观众)被强制的,受控制的;(市场)垄断的,没有选择权的 A captive audience is a group of people who are not free to leave a certain place and so have to watch or listen. A captive market is a group of people who cannot choose whether or where to buy things. [ADJ n]
3 [PHRASE 短语]俘虏;扣押;关押 If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner. [V inflects]
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