captivity

英 [kæpˈtɪvəti]

美 [kæpˈtɪvəti]

n.  监禁; 关押; 困住

复数：captivities　

TOEFLIELTSTEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.10112 / COCA.10594

牛津词典

noun

• 监禁；关押；困住
  the state of being kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
  1. He was held in captivity for three years.
     他被监禁了三年。
  2. The bird had escaped from captivity.
     那只鸟已经逃离樊笼。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 囚禁;关押;拘禁
  Captivityis the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
  1. The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity...
     大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。
  2. An American missionary was released today after more than two months of captivity...
     一位美国传教士在被关押两个多月后于今天获释。
  3. He had been kept in a small room, bound and blindfolded for much of his captivity.
     他被关在一个小房间里,大部分时间都被绑着手脚,蒙着双眼。

双语例句

• It is observed that many animals do not breed when in captivity.
  人们注意到许多动物一被关入笼中就不生育了。
• The wild bird raised in the captivity died.
  关在笼子里的野鸟死了。
• He had been kept in a small room, bound and blindfolded for much of his captivity.
  他被关在一个小房间里，大部分时间都被绑着手脚，蒙着双眼。
• What precious messages of light come from those dark shadows of captivity.
  他在黑暗的拘禁中所带给我们的信息和亮光，是多么可贵啊！
• The one-year-old shark is the longest surviving great white in captivity.
  该一岁的鲨鱼，是圈养大白鲨中存活最久的。
• Scientists have known for years that s.i.v.has been found in chimpanzees living in captivity.
  多年前科学家就知道了在被关的黑猩猩上发现的类人猿免疫缺陷病毒。
• Even though they are bred in the wild, the eggs are hatched in captivity.
  虽然它们在野外出生，但这些蛋是在受控的状态下孵化的。
• In captivity, gorillas have displayed significant intelligence and have even learned simple human sign language.
  人工饲养的时候大猩猩表现出了显著的聪明才智，甚至学会了简单的人类手语。
• They transported him to Ireland, and he spent six years in captivity before escaping back to Britain.
  他们把他运送到爱尔兰，他花了六年逃跑回到英国。
• He was released from his long captivity.
  他被释放了，结束了他长期的被俘生活。