captive

/'kæptiv/

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📖 中文释义

  1. n. 俘虏, 迷恋者
  2. a. 被俘的, 被迷住的

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

复数 captives

💬 双语例句

  1. Tom is being held captive.

    汤姆被囚禁了。

  2. But the incident raises broader questions: was the attack deliberate? Did the whale, an orca named Tilikum and nicknamed Tilly, act out of stress at being held captive in a sterile concrete tank?

    这位训练员的遇害是一场悲剧,我们除了对其家人表示同情外,别无他法。 但这场意外却引出了一些更深层次的问题:这条鲸鱼的攻击行为是蓄意的吗? 这条名叫 Tilikum ,大家都昵称叫 Tilly 的逆戟鲸是否是由于长期被囚禁在一个空荡荡的水泥池子里,承受不了巨大的压力才做出了这种行为? 它是否厌倦了为讨好观众而被迫表演呢? 圈养如此庞大的动物是否合理呢?

  3. Dam protests can often be volatile. In October, tens of thousands of villagers protesting inadequate resettlement compensation held a local official captive for several hours before ten thousand People’s Armed Police officers rescued him.

🔵 同义词

🔗 常用搭配

captive nationscall captiveheld captivebeing held captivecaptive local bankscaptive wild animalsessentially becomes captivekeeping animals captive
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. an animal that is confined
  2. n. a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
  3. s. being in captivity
  4. s. giving or marked by complete attention to