be held captive (by sb/sth)
表示被关押、失去自由；by 后接关押者或施加控制的一方。
The prisoners were held captive in a small room.
囚犯们被关在一个小房间里。
囚禁的；束缚的；限制的；被迷住的；倾心的；被吸引的；被囚禁的；不自由的；受限制的；被爱征服；迷住；吸引；关于束缚或监禁的；用于限制的
Kept as a prisoner; not free; confined.
被囚禁的；不自由的；受限制的
Held prisoner; not free; confined.
被爱征服；迷住；吸引
Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
关于束缚或监禁的；用于限制的
Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
The captive eagle was released back into the wild after recovering from its injury.
这只被俘的鹰在伤愈后被放归野外。
用法提示：这里'captive'作为形容词，意为'被俘的'，修饰eagle。
The speaker held the audience captive with her fascinating story.
演讲者用她引人入胜的故事使听众着迷。
用法提示：这里'captive'作为形容词，意为'被迷住的'，形容观众的状态。
They kept the soldiers captive in a small room for several days.
他们把士兵们关在一个小房间里好几天。
用法提示：这里'captive'作为形容词，表示'被囚禁的'，描述士兵的状态。
表示被关押、失去自由；by 后接关押者或施加控制的一方。
The prisoners were held captive in a small room.
囚犯们被关在一个小房间里。
captive 作宾语补足语，说明宾语所处的被囚禁状态。
The gang held him captive for two weeks.
那伙人把他囚禁了两周。
表示受某事物控制或限制，to 后接施加限制的事物。
The media should not be captive to political interests.
媒体不应受政治利益的束缚。
正式用词，特指关进监狱或作为囚犯；captive 更广泛，可指任何人或动物被限制自由。
中性词，指被限制在狭小空间，原因可能是自愿（如卧病）或外力，不强调强制性拘留。
原指关入笼子，常用于动物；引申为受束缚，比 captive 更具体，带比喻色彩。
法律/警务用语，指被官方暂时扣留；captive 无此程序性含义，且不一定涉及官方。
grammar · medium
易错句子The enemy captived the soldiers.
正确表达The enemy held the soldiers captive.
“captive”是形容词，不能作动词。表示“把……俘虏”要用“hold ... captive”或动词“capture”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was captive of his emotions.
正确表达He was captive to his emotions.
形容词“captive”表示“受……控制”时，固定搭配是“be captive to”，不能用“of”；“of”只用于名词短语“a captive of ...”。
grammar · medium
易错句子I was very captive by the movie.
正确表达I was held captive by the movie.
“captive”表示“被囚禁的”，不能受“very”修饰来表示“被迷住”；要表达“被深深吸引”，用“be held captive by”或“be captivated by”。
不得已的听众；身不由己的听众
The speaker had a captive audience in the waiting room.
演讲者在等候室里拥有一群不得不听的听众。
受制于人的市场；垄断市场
Because there was only one internet provider, customers were a captive market.
因为只有一家互联网供应商，顾客成了受制于人的市场。
人工圈养繁殖
Captive breeding has helped save the species from extinction.
人工圈养繁殖帮助这个物种免于灭绝。
圈养动物；被囚禁的动物
Captive animals often live longer than their wild counterparts.
圈养动物通常比野生动物活得更久。
囚禁（某人）；俘虏（某人）
The rebels held the tourists captive for several days.
叛军把这些游客囚禁了好几天。
无前缀；词根 capt-（来自拉丁语 capere，意为“抓住、捕获”）+ 形容词后缀 -ive（表“有…性质的”）。同根词：capture（捕获）、captor（捕获者）、captivate（迷住）；同后缀词：active（积极的）、creative（创造性的）。
指被俘或受限制的状态，与captive的“被囚禁”语义直接相关。
囚禁或控制某人的一方，与captive相对的概念实体。
用来关押或限制captive的常见设施。
处于被俘且受控制状态的人，属于captive的具体例子。
关押captive的场所，常用于谈论囚禁主题。
被迫听讲的听众；无法离开的观众
The sales presentation was for a captive audience of bored passengers.
这场销售演示面向的是一群无法离开的无聊乘客。
囚禁某人；使某人着迷
The mysterious story held the children captive for hours.
这个神秘的故事让孩子们着迷了好几个小时。
受垄断的市场；没有选择余地的消费者
Airport restaurants enjoy a captive market, so they can charge high prices.
机场餐厅拥有垄断市场，所以可以收取高价。
哦，来吧，哦，来吧，以马内利，拯救被掳的以色列。
This opening line of the Christmas carol "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" asks the Messiah to free the captive people of Israel.
这首圣诞颂歌《哦，来吧，以马内利》的开头祈求弥赛亚解放被囚的以色列人。
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