captive audience
collocation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。
被囚禁的；被俘获的；失去自由的
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被囚禁的；被俘获的；失去自由的
Kept as a prisoner; not free; confined.
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。
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 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。
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。
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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。
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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captive 里藏着 capture（捕获）：被抓住锁住，就是“被囚禁的、不自由的”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：新闻报道、文学作品、法律或正式文件 captive 作形容词时，字面义“被囚禁的”在新闻报道和法律语境中较常见，语气通常中性；比喻义“被迷住的”则多用于正式或文学语境。整体用法随场合变化，通常偏正式。
这些词都以 -tive 结尾，读音含 /tɪv/。其中 adaptive /əˈdæptɪv/ 与 captive /ˈkæptɪv/ 从重读元音起的 /æptɪv/ 完全相同，构成押韵。注意 active /ˈæktɪv/ 的辅音簇是 /kt/ 而非 /pt/，adoptive /əˈdɑːptɪv/ 的重读元音不同，narrative /ˈnærətɪv/ 后接的是 /rə/，所以它们都与 captive 不押韵。
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