A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
例句
Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal.她心情緊張起來,一顆心在胸膛里撲通撲通跳個不停。
ADJ
(觀眾)被強制的,受控制的;(市場)壟斷的,沒有選擇權(quán)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.
例句
We all performed action songs, sketches and dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons...家長和贊助人被迫觀看了我們表演的指令歌、滑稽小品和舞蹈。Airlines consider business travellers a captive market.航空公司把商務(wù)旅行者視為壟斷性市場。
PHRASE
俘虜;扣押;關(guān)押
If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner.
例句
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個星期后,終于在2月4日獲釋。Rebels in Liberia have released four foreigners after holding them captive for a week.利比里亞的叛亂分子釋放了4名被扣押了一個星期的外國人。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
被俘的, 被捕獲的
The rock star had a captive audience.那位搖滾歌星傾倒了許多觀眾。
n.
戰(zhàn)俘, 俘虜,囚徒
The captives are wearing chains.俘虜們帶著鐐銬。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
2. an animal that is confined
3. a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
Adjective
1. in captivity
2. deeply moved;
"sat completely still, enraptured by the music""listened with rapt admiration""rapt in reverie"