| 单词 | captive |
| 释义 | captive (kæptɪv ) Word forms: captives 1. adjective A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed. [literary] Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal. Synonyms: confined, caged, imprisoned, locked up A captive is someone who is captive. He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] 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. We all performed dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons. Airlines consider business travellers a captive market. 3. take sb captive/hold sb captive phrase If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner. Richard was finally released one year after he'd been taken captive. A British sailor told of his nightmare ordeal at the hands of pirates who held him captive for almost seven weeks. Collocations: captive bird Various whistling, chuckling and mewing notes were observed from a captive bird. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The album contains recordings of mimicry from wild and captive birds that accurately imitate things from horse whinnies to wood being sawn. Times, Sunday Times Captive birds use the same skill to interact socially with their human owners. Times, Sunday Times Restrictions on moving poultry and other captive birds in the area were imposed in the wake of the first positive tests - but were lifted last week. The Sun A minimum 30-day quarantine period in an officially approved centre will also be required for all imported captive birds. Times, Sunday Times But it risks being accused of fattening up its margins from a vulnerable and captive customer base. Times, Sunday Times Airport kiosks know you're a captive customer. The Sun We have different expectations of how a club should behave, largely because clubs are seen as public trusts and fans as captive customers. Times, Sunday Times For too long, these local monopolies have reaped vast profits from their captive customers. Times,Sunday Times It treats its captive customers with contempt and demands action from them within timescales and under evidential circumstances which it refuses to apply to itself. Times, Sunday Times But at another site nearby, a small captive population has created a masterpiece in three hectares. Times, Sunday Times She said that there were no accurate estimates of the size of the captive population, but that globally it was likely to be hundreds. Times, Sunday Times With more twins surviving, they are looking to reintroduce one from each pair into the wild, because their genes would be less suitable for breeding among the captive population. Times, Sunday Times Attempts at breeding among the captive population also failed for the same reasons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once a captive population has been successfully created, they can start being reintroduced back into the wild. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lumping some clothes into the shape of a body, he stared at his sleeping fellow captives, their faces pinched by exhaustion. Times, Sunday Times Taking it would have destroyed the morale of his fellow captives, he later explained. Times, Sunday Times He said the youth was punished for trying to speak to his fellow captives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of his fellow captives did not survive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Police freed the captives after five days. The Sun The freed captives and their families have now been banned from talking to the media even without payment. Times, Sunday Times Positive karmic actions include freeing captives and helping others. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fruit landed on the slime, and the juice leaked out, causing the slime to melt and free the captives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her biography celebrates her for the pious intention under vow to free captives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It feels as if we've released some captive dolphins. Times, Sunday Times I released my captive, who dusted himself down and - still shaking - turned to address the assembled company. Times, Sunday Times In this first release the captive's names were redacted from all but one of the memos. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 被囚禁的 Japanese: 捕らわれの |
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