captives

英 [ˈkæptɪvz]

美 [ˈkæptɪvz]

n.  囚徒; 俘虏; 战俘
captive的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 被监禁的;被关押的
  Acaptiveperson or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
  1. Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal.
     她心情紧张起来，一颗心在胸膛里扑通扑通跳个不停。
  2. Acaptiveis someone who is captive.
     俘虏;囚犯
  3. He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.
     他描述了被俘4个月里挣扎求生的艰难岁月。
• ADJ （观众）被强制的，受控制的;(市场)垄断的，没有选择权的
  Acaptiveaudience is a group of people who are not free to leave a certain place and so have to watch or listen. Acaptivemarket is a group of people who cannot choose whether or where to buy things.
  1. We all performed action songs, sketches and dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons...
     家长和赞助人被迫观看了我们表演的指令歌、滑稽小品和舞蹈。
  2. Airlines consider business travellers a captive market.
     航空公司把商务旅行者视为垄断性市场。
• PHRASE 俘虏;扣押;关押
  If youtakesomeonecaptiveorholdsomeonecaptive, you take or keep them as a prisoner.
  1. Richard was finally released on February 4, one year and six weeks after he'd been taken captive...
     理查德在被扣押一年零六个星期后,终于在2月4日获释。
  2. Rebels in Liberia have released four foreigners after holding them captive for a week.
     利比里亚的叛乱分子释放了4名被扣押了一个星期的外国人。

双语例句

• They were not the captives of their own doubts, the prisoners of their own price tags.
  他们不当怀疑的囚徒，不设定代价来困限自己。
• He quickly untied the captives.
  他很快给俘虏们松了绑。
• The pirates treated their captives with barbarity.
  海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏。
• Those captives were physically abused.
  那些俘虏遭受了肉体上的摧残。
• They trussed up the captives hand and foot and dumped them in the back of the lorry.
  他们把俘虏们连手带脚捆了起来，丢在卡车的后面。他把鸡腿紧扎起来以例烹烤。
• They say that if the captives aren't already dead, they might be trapped in hidden underground bunkers.
  他们说，如果俘虏还没有遇难，他们可能被困在隐藏的地下沙坑中。
• I didnt know we were takin on captives.
  我不知道我们什么时候接纳俘虏了。
• The hours wasted away, and hunger came to torment the captives again.
  时间一分一秒地逝去。现在饥饿又开始折磨这两个小家伙。
• Chechen Mujahedeen Terrorists took the captives on the field and mercilessly executed each of them by beheading.
  车臣恐怖分子参加了圣战者在球场上无情的俘虏和斩首处决他们。
• They inflicted all kinds of indignities on their captives.
  他们对俘虏百般侮辱。