captivity

英 [kæp'tɪvəti] 美 [kæp'tɪvəti]

• n. 囚禁；被俘；束缚

英英释义

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"
   

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bondage 奴役
• constraint 约束
• imprisonment 【U】监禁
• incarceration 下狱
• custody 拘留
• detention 滞留
• confinement 拘禁
• internment 拘禁
• enslavement 奴役
• immurement 监禁