
中英词典 - captive
形容词(Adjective):
1. 被俘的;被囚禁的
2. 被迷住的;着迷的
3. 被监管的;被控制的
名词(Noun):
1. 俘虏;囚禁者
2. 被迷住的人
词语辨析:
1. captive与prisoner都可以用来指被囚禁的人,但
2. captive与hostage都可以用来指被囚禁的人,但
词汇扩充:
1. captive market:受控制的市场
2. captive audience:被动听众
3. captive breeding:圈养繁殖
4. captive insurance:自保险
近义词(Synonyms):
prisoner, captive, hostage, detainee, internee
反义词(Antonyms):
free, liberated, independent
柯林斯词典(Collins Dictionary):
形容词:
1. If someone is captive, they are being kept in a place and are not allowed to leave.
2. A captive audience or market is one that you are able to keep and use for your own advantage.
名词:
1. A captive is someone who is being kept as a prisoner or is being forced to stay in a particular place.
2. A captive is a person or animal that is being kept by someone and not allowed to leave.
牛津词典(Oxford Dictionary):
形容词:
1. Imprisoned or confined.
2. (of a person) very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something.
名词:
1. A person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined.
2. An audience that is unable to leave.
用法:
1. The captives were freed after negotiations with the kidnappers.
2. The company aimed to attract a captive audience through their unique marketing strategy.
3. He was held captive for several months.
4. The captive breeding program helped increase the endangered species population.
例句:
- The captive managed to escape from his cell.
- She was held captive by a dangerous criminal.
- The zoo has a program for captive breeding of endangered animals.
- He was taken captive during the war.
- The captive audience was enthralled by the performance.
- They were captured and held captive by enemy forces.
- The company dominated the captive market in that region.
- The captive elephant was well cared for in the sanctuary.
- She had a captive audience for her presentation.
- He became captive to his own desires.
- The captive soldiers were treated inhumanely.
- The hostages were finally released after negotiations.
- The captive birds were set free in their natural habitat.
- The captive market allowed the company to set higher prices.
- The captive audience listened attentively to the speaker.
- The captives were held in a secret location.
- The singer had the audience captive with her powerful voice.
- His captivating smile had her captive from the moment they met.
- The captive was eventually rescued by a brave group of soldiers.
- The museum has a collection of ancient artifacts from captive civilizations.