| 单词 | captive |
| 释义 | captive (once / 188 pages) nadj A captive is something that has been captured and can’t escape, like a prisoner of war or a panda in a zoo. To be captured on the battlefield, and held captive is not so great, but captive doesn’t always describe things that are completely bad, like its synonym, hostage. If you fall in love you might say your heart is being held captive. Ideas that entrance you could be called captivating. Sometimes endangered animals are brought into captivity in order to breed larger populations, and then released into the wild. WORD FAMILYcaptive: captivate, captives, captivity+/captivate: captivated, captivates, captivating, captivation/captivating: captivatingly/captivation: captivations/captivity: captivities USAGE EXAMPLESHe fathered nearly a quarter of the world’s captive pandas. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Formerly captive nations freed from Soviet control seemed eager to embrace liberal democracy, capitalism - and substantial subsidies - from their wealthier neighbors. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Formerly captive nations freed from Soviet control seemed eager to embrace liberal democracy, capitalism — and substantial subsidies — from their wealthier neighbors. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war Syn|Hypo|Hyper prisoner con, convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison detainee, political detaineesome held in custody hostage, suretya prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms interneea person who is interned political prisonersomeone who is imprisoned because of their political views POW, prisoner of wara person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war lifera prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment trustya convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges unfortunate, unfortunate person a person who suffers misfortune 2n an animal that is confined Hyper animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 3n a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion Hyper emotional person a person subject to strong states of emotion 4adj being in captivity Syn confined, imprisoned, jailed unfree hampered and not free; not able to act at will 5adj giving or marked by complete attention to Syn absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped attentive (often followed by `to') giving care or attention |
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