captive

adj.被俘的；被监禁的；被关押的；无法逃离的

n.战俘，俘虏；被（爱情等）迷住的人；自保公司

adj.

1. 被监禁的；被关起来的；被困住的
   kept as a prisoner or in a confined space; unable to escape
   1. captive animals
      关在笼子里的动物
   2. They were taken captive by masked gunmen.
      他们被蒙面的持枪歹徒劫持了。
   3. captive breeding (= the catching and breeding of wild animals)
      野生动物的人工捕获饲养
2. 人身自由受限制的；受控制的；无权选择的
   not free to leave a particular place or to choose what you want to do
   1. A salesman loves to have a captive audience (= listening because they have no choice) .
      推销商喜欢不得不听的听众。

noun

1. 囚徒；俘虏；战俘
   a person who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war

adj. 被俘虏的；被迷住的 n. 俘虏；迷恋者

名词复数形式:captives

captive 俘虏

来自词根cap, 抓，拿，握，见captive。

1. Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal.
   她心情紧张起来，一颗心在胸膛里扑通扑通跳个不停。
2. We all performed action songs, sketches and dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons
   家长和赞助人被迫观看了我们表演的指令歌、滑稽小品和舞蹈。
3. Airlines consider business travellers a captive market.
   航空公司把商务旅行者视为垄断性市场。
4. Richard was finally released on February 4, one year and six weeks after he'd been taken captive
   理查德在被扣押一年零六个星期后，终于在2月4日获释。
5. Rebels in Liberia have released four foreigners after holding them captive for a week.
   利比里亚的叛乱分子释放了4名被扣押了一个星期的外国人。
6. Children come to zoos precisely to see captive animals
   孩子们到动物园就是为了看圈养的动物。
7. The picture gave rise to speculation that the three were still alive and being held captive.
   这张照片让人们猜测这3个人还活着，而且被囚禁起来了。
8. We held the enemy captive.
   我们把敌人捕获了。
9. Animal rights groups want the release of all captive animals used for cosmetics testing.
   动物权益组织希望释放所有被囚于樊笼的用于化妆品试验的动物。
10. Too long a captive in a cage, I have now come back to nature.
    久在樊笼里，复得返自然。（陶潜《归园田居》）
11. We were held captive for one year.
    我们当了一年俘虏。
12. The rock star had a captive audience.
    那位摇滚歌星倾倒了许多观众。
13. I felt that he was a captive of financial and sentimental commitments like every other man I know.
    我感到，他像其他我所认识的男人一样，是个身陷财政和情感承诺的囚徒。
14. This paper describes and discusses the captive breeding and growth of Golden pheasant ( Chrysolophus pictus) chicks.
    对红腹锦鸡的饲养繁殖与生长发育进行了研究和讨论。
15. However, I must tell you that I, too, am a captive.
    但是我必须告诉你我也是俘虏。
16. At a glance, I became his captive.
    只一瞥，我就成为了他的俘虏。
17. We led the whole hostile army captive.
    我们俘虏了全部敌军。
18. In captive mode, they can watch the dead enemies and prevent them from reviving.
    在可复活模式中，他们可以看守敌人的尸体，并阻止他们被复活。
19. She forgot she is a captive.
    她忘了自己是个俘虏了。
20. Some soldiers have been held captive in the enemy's prisons for years.
    有些士兵被敌人囚禁了许多年。
21. He said the captive soldier could be released in days, or years.
    他说被俘的军人可能在数天、或数年内被释放。
22. The Cheyenne warriors traded their captive for two rifles.
    夏安族战士以他们的俘虏换了两枝来福枪。
23. He became a captive to her charms.
    他被她的美色迷住了；他成为她美色的俘虏。
24. The three brothers were held captive for three months.
    他们三兄弟当了三个月俘虏。
25. Greece, though conquered, took her conqueror captive.
    希腊，虽然被征服了，却俘虏了它的征服者。
26. Researchers analysed faeces from wild gorillas in Cameroon and blood samples from a captive animal from Gabon.
    研究人员分析了来自喀麦隆的野生大猩猩粪便和从加蓬捕获的动物的血液样本。
27. I believe conserving wild animals by captive breeding is not possible.
    我认为，保护野生动物的圈养繁殖是不可能的。
28. Are you leaving this pretty captive?
    你要离开这个漂亮的俘虏吗？
29. But since I have a captive audience.
    但因为我有一个被迫的听众。