captives是什么意思？

captives

• n. 战俘，俘虏( captive的名词复数 )；

例句

• The rebels cut off the heads of their captives. 叛乱者砍掉了俘虏的脑袋。
• DAY 774 - I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. 774天 —— 我确信其它的被捕获物不是当仆人的料,就可能是些没用的家伙.
• Hotel: Wealthy captives sleep at the hotel for an increase in their ransoms. 酒店: 富有的俘虏们要住在酒店等待足够的赎金以回家.
• The favorable year of the Lord refers to Jubilee . Captives go free, and inheritances are restored. 和华的恩年是指禧年,被掳的得自由, 产业得到恢复.
• The captives prostrated themselves before the conqueror. 俘虏们俯伏在征服者面前.
• The captives are wearing chains. 俘虏们带着镣铐.
• The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. 海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏.
• The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives. 相同的制度还应用于赎回或交换俘虏。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  被监禁的;被关押的
  A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。 Airlines consider business travellers a captive market. 航空公司把商务旅行者视为垄断性市场。
• PHRASE
  俘虏;扣押;关押
  If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner.
  例句
  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。 Rebels in Liberia have released four foreigners after holding them captive for a week. 利比里亚的叛乱分子释放了4名被扣押了一个星期的外国人。