Captivity
[kæp'tɪvɪtɪ] or [kæp'tɪvəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) 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'.
整理:洛蒂--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
(n.) A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.
欧文校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Imprisonment, confinement, duress, durance.[2]. Bondage, thraldom, enthralment, servitude, subjection, slavery, vassalage.
乔迪校對
例句/造句/用法:
- In the commencement of his captivity Moore used feebly to resist Mrs. Horsfall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The spirit fluttered for a moment on the threshold of its little prison, and, unconscious of captivity, took wing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- His faculties seemed walled up in him, and were unmurmuring in their captivity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Would to heaven that the shedding of mine own blood, drop by drop, could redeem the captivity of Judah! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And it is in this dark dingy place of captivity, poor dear, that you pass all the hours of your life when you are not at home? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But with the broadening of ideas that came with the Captivity, the tenour of prophecy broadens and changes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The cage door opened, and when the small bird, reared in captivity, had tamely fluttered in, he saw it shut again; and then he came away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Little George visited her captivity sometimes and consoled it with feeble gleams of encouragement. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Some of the later books are frankly post-captivity compositions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- His first act was to make me a full-fledged chieftain with the rank I had won by my combats the first few weeks of my captivity among them. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The Jews, who had been the allies of Necho II, were taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He recognized me from the three trips that I had taken with him during my captivity among the First Born. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY I saw no more of Uriah Heep, until the day when Agnes left town. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He can turn back the captivity of Judah, even by the weakest instrument. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Does it mean a captive, or a place of captivity? 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
校對:普拉特