| 单词 | captive |
| 释义 | adjective | noun captivecaptive1 /ˈkæptɪv/ adjective 1kept in a prison, or in a place that you are not allowed to leave: captive soldiers the breeding of captive animals She was taken captive (=made a prisoner) by the rebel army. The men were held captive (=kept as prisoners) for three days.2captive animals live in zoos or similar places, and are not wild OPP wild3a captive audience people who listen or watch someone or something because they have to, not because they are interested4be captive to something to be unable to think or speak freely because of being influenced too much by something: The military is captive to events that it cannot control.5captive market a situation in which people cannot choose between different types of a product or service, especially because there is only one person or company selling it adjective | noun captivecaptive2 noun [countable] 1someone who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war► see thesaurus at prisoner2a captive of something someone who is not able to think or speak freely because he or she is influenced too much by something: Too many candidates are captives of the political establishment. |
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