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captivity n.囚禁；被俘；束缚 (1) 他被囚禁了一个月。(2) 他们为早日获释而祈祷。(3) 他被释放了，结束了他长期的被俘生活。(4) 被俘本身不是应受惩罚的行为。(5) 它的来临就像愉悦的曙光结束了他们受到束缚的漫长黑夜。 A prisoner is in captivity, and a kidnapping victim is also in captivity. If you catch a firefly and keep it in a jar, its life will be one of captivity until you let it go. When you're imprisoned or enslaved, you're captive. Both words come from a Latin source, captivus, "caught" or "taken prisoner," from the root capere, "to take, hold, or seize."

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英 [kæp'tɪvəti] 美 [kæp'tɪvəti] (1) He had been kept in captivity for a month.(2) They prayed for an early deliverance from captivity.(3) He was released from his long captivity.(4) Captivity of itself is not a condition of culpability.(5) It came as the joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. Captivity is the condition of being trapped or confined. Animals that are kept in zoos are in captivity. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]囚禁；关押；拘禁 Captivity is the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed.   [oft in/of N]The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity...大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。An American missionary was released today after more than two months of captivity...一位美国传教士在被关押两个多月后于今天获释。He had been kept in a small room, bound and blindfolded for much of his captivity.他被关在一个小房间里，大部分时间都被绑着手脚，蒙着双眼。

英语单词	captivity
英美音标	英 [kæp'tɪvəti] 美 [kæp'tɪvəti]
中文释义	n.囚禁；被俘；束缚
英语例句	(1) He had been kept in captivity for a month. (2) They prayed for an early deliverance from captivity. (3) He was released from his long captivity. (4) Captivity of itself is not a condition of culpability. (5) It came as the joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
中文例句	(1) 他被囚禁了一个月。 (2) 他们为早日获释而祈祷。 (3) 他被释放了，结束了他长期的被俘生活。 (4) 被俘本身不是应受惩罚的行为。 (5) 它的来临就像愉悦的曙光结束了他们受到束缚的漫长黑夜。
vocabulary简明	Captivity is the condition of being trapped or confined. Animals that are kept in zoos are in captivity.
vocabulary扩展	A prisoner is in captivity, and a kidnapping victim is also in captivity. If you catch a firefly and keep it in a jar, its life will be one of captivity until you let it go. When you're imprisoned or enslaved, you're captive. Both words come from a Latin source, captivus, "caught" or "taken prisoner," from the root capere, "to take, hold, or seize."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]囚禁；关押；拘禁 Captivity is the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed. [oft in/of N] The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity... 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 An American missionary was released today after more than two months of captivity... 一位美国传教士在被关押两个多月后于今天获释。 He had been kept in a small room, bound and blindfolded for much of his captivity. 他被关在一个小房间里，大部分时间都被绑着手脚，蒙着双眼。

Captivity Released Long Condition Imprisoned 英 Kæp'tɪvəti] 美 Kæp'tɪvəti