captivity

英[kæp'tɪvəti] 美[kæp'tɪvəti]
  • n. 囚禁；被俘；束缚
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. the state of being imprisoned;

    "he was held in captivity until he died"
    "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"
    "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"
    "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

  2. the state of being a slave;

    "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"

双语例句

1. He also talked briefly about the isolation he endured while in captivity.
他还简单谈及了他被俘期间忍受的孤独。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was held in captivity for three years.
他被监禁了三年。

来自《权威词典》

3. It is often difficult to get animals to mate in captivity.
常常很难使被关的动物交配.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. They said they had not been ill-treated but that their time in captivity had been miserable.
他们说他们没有遭受虐待，但是被囚禁的日子令人痛苦。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The animals are very sensitive to disturbance and have never bred in captivity.
这些动物对外界的干扰很敏感，且从未被圈养过。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He had been kept in captivity for a month.
      他被囚禁了一个月。
    2. They prayed for an early deliverance from captivity.
      他们为早日获释而祈祷。
    3. He was released from his long captivity.
      他被释放了，结束了他长期的被俘生活。
    4. Captivity of itself is not a condition of culpability.
      被俘本身不是应受惩罚的行为。
    5. It came as the joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
      它的来临就像愉悦的曙光结束了他们受到束缚的漫长黑夜。

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