SAT词汇的掌握是大家取得SAT考试好成绩的基础,今天小编为大家提供的是SAT真词captive,以下是详细内容。
captive
adj.被俘的; 被监禁的; 被关押的; 无法逃离的;
n.战俘,俘虏; 被(爱情等)迷住的人; 自保公司;
复数:captives
CAPTIVE
abbr.Collaborative Authoring Production and Transmission of Interactive Video for Education 教育用交互式视频的创作与转播合作组织;
柯林斯高阶英汉词典:
1.ADJ被监禁的;被关押的A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
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。
A captive is someone who is captive.
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。
2.ADJ(观众)被强制的,受控制的;(市场)垄断的,没有选择权的A captive audience is a group of people who are not free to leave a certain place and so have to watch or listen. A captive market is a group of people who cannot choose whether or where to buy things.
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。
3.PHRASE俘虏;扣押;关押If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner.
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。
例句:
1.Bank interest rates remain captive to the policy of regulated deposit rates.
银行利率依然是政策的俘虏,被用来监管储蓄利率。
2.Once bought, natural-resource firms can become captive suppliers of the middle kingdom.
一旦并购成功,这些自然资源企业就成为这个中原王国被俘虏的供应商。
3.The potentially dangerous creature in her arms is captive, for the moment.
在她怀抱里的那只散发潜在危险的动物,在那时刻,被俘虏了。
4.Traditional universities, on the other hand, are captive of their faculties.
另一方面来说,传统大学已经被它们的教职工所俘虏了。