captive

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cap·tive1 /ˈkæptɪv/ adjective  1  KEEP somebody IN A PLACEkept in prison or in a place that you are not allowed to leave 被关押的，遭监禁的 captive soldiers 被俘的士兵 captive animals 被关住的动物 His son had been taken captive (=became a prisoner) during the raid. 他的儿子在这次突袭中被劫持了。 a pilot who was held captive (=kept as a prisoner) for six years 一名被囚六年的飞行员2. captive audience GROUP OF PEOPLEpeople who listen or watch someone or something because they have to, not because they are interested 非自愿的听众[观众]3. captive market the people who must buy a particular product or service, because they need it and there is only one company selling it 专属市场，垄断市场4  be captive to something to be unable to think or speak freely, because of being influenced too much by something 受某事物禁锢，受某事物影响而无法摆脱 Our communities should not be captive to the mistakes of the past. 我们的社会不应受制于过去的错误。

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captive• While the camps remain, the villagers are themselves captive.• the breeding of captive animals• Her captive breeding programmes are being attempted.• The outcome of these behaviours in a captive colony is the formation of one-male groups similar to those found in the wild.• Just how essential this help can be was documented over 18 years by a researcher studying these animals in a captive environment.• For that reason, modern nation-states are free to unleash devastating reprisals against their captive nations who attempt liberation.• What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me?• Not that socially imposed monogamy need extend to captive slaves.held captive• Work out the answers to these questions: Where were the Athenians held captive?• I am being held captive by Simon Butcher, the society photographer.• Little wonder patients held captive by their immobility were fearful.• She had been physically hurt when she was dragged from the villa and she had been held captive ever since.• A gun's been recovered after the latest attack, in which a store manager was held captive for six hours.captive2 noun [countable]  KEEP somebody IN A PLACEsomeone who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war 战俘，俘虏，囚徒

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captive• Captors and captives stood in dumb impatience for the roll-call to be finished.• By night he is a prisoner, the last captive of Tangentopoli.• Beginners are not captives of their past; they are eager to learn, and able to learn.• Would he spare the lives of captives?• Armed gunmen broke into the church and took the priest captive.• But what pleasure to be left hanging as the sticky captive in the center of the silvery web!• All the captives were kept in a darkened room with their hands tied.• In many different cultures the captives taken in war have tended to be women rather than men.• They had gone into a huddle, obviously discussing their captives.• The rebels promise to release their captives unharmed if their demands are met.• The rebels promised to release their captives unharmed if the government did as they said.From Longman Business Dictionarycaptivecap‧tive /ˈkæptɪv/ adjective [only before a noun] captive viewers or customers watch a company’s advertisements or buy a company’s products because they have no other choiceKids in the classroom are a captive audience to whom ads may seem a welcome break from studies.Companies exporting to Third World countries often get a captive market for their goods.Origin captive1 (1400-1500) Latin captivus, from captus, past participle of capere “to take”

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captive

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cap‧tive¹ /ˈkæptɪv/ adjective1. kept in prison or in a place that you are not allowed to leave:
    captive soldiers
    captive animals
    His son had been taken captive (=became a prisoner) during the raid.
    a pilot who was held captive (=kept as a prisoner) for six years
2. captive audience people who listen or watch someone or something because they have to, not because they are interested
3. captive market the people who must buy a particular product or service, because they need it and there is only one company selling it
4. be captive to something to be unable to think or speak freely, because of being influenced too much by something:
    Our communities should not be captive to the mistakes of the past.

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captive² noun [countable]
someone who is kept as a prisoner, especially in a war
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ prisoner someone who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime, or while they are waiting for their trial: Prisoners may be locked in their cells for twenty-two hours a day. | a prisoner serving a life sentence for murder
   ▪ convict especially written someone who has been found guilty of a crime and sent to a prison. Convict is used especially about someone who is sent to prison for a long time. It is more commonly used in historical descriptions, or in the phrase an escaped convict: The convicts were sent from England to Australia. | Police were hunting for an escaped convict. | Low-risk convicts help to fight forest fires and clean up public lands.
   ▪ inmate someone who is kept in a prison or a mental hospital: Some inmates are allowed to have special privileges. | He was described by a fellow inmate as a quiet man.
   ▪ captive especially literary someone who is kept somewhere and not allowed to go free, especially in a war or fighting. Captive is a rather formal word which is used especially in literature: Their objective was to disarm the enemy and release the captives. | She was held captive (=kept as a prisoner) in the jungle for over three years.
   ▪ prisoner of war a soldier, member of the navy etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept in the enemy’s country: My grandad was a prisoner of war in Germany. | They agreed to release two Iranian prisoners of war.
   ▪ hostage someone who is kept somewhere as a prisoner, in order to force people to agree to do something, for example in order to get money or to achive a political aim: Diplomats are continuing their efforts to secure the release of the hostages. | The US hostages were held in Tehran for over a year.
   ▪ detainee/internee someone who is kept in a prison, usually because of their political views and often without a trial: In some cases, political detainees have been beaten or mistreated. | 23,531 people passed through the camps between 1944 and 1962, including 14,647 political internees. | the detainees at Guantanamo Bay