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captivity

/kap-tiv-i-tee/US // kæpˈtɪv ɪ ti //UK // (kæpˈtɪvɪtɪ) //

囚禁,束缚,圈养,监禁

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cap·tiv·i·ties.

    • : the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined.
    • : Babylonian captivity.

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Examples

  • As he recounts both in Blindfold and, in Theo Who Lived, the surprisingly light-spirited documentary about his captivity, he came to know his subjects a little too well.

  • She wants to investigate if mole-rat colonies in captivity might call differently than their counterparts in the wild.

  • Two pairs had youngsters, and each family snuggled together when reunited in captivity.

  • First, they need to use it in a scenario where they can measure a bear without using the new technology, like with an animal in captivity.

  • Trapped in a lab somewhere, a biomass escapes captivity and begins to wreak havoc on its human captors.

  • Shin eventually escaped North Korean captivity while in Vienna.

  • Like a Jack in the Box just sprung from coiled captivity, he begins rambling excitedly.

  • “There was one good thing about it,” Chuck Davis says about his time in captivity.

  • But the general circumstances of her capture and captivity have been known and widely reported for more than a year now.

  • The center had seemingly proven wrong people who contend that rescued eaglets can only survive in captivity.

  • Ezechias shews all his treasures to the ambassadors of Babylon: upon which Isaias foretells the Babylonish captivity.

  • He reproaches the Jews for their obstinacy: he will deliver them out of their captivity, for his own name's sake.

  • Under the figure of the deliverance from the Babylonish captivity, the church is invited to rejoice for her redemption from sin.

  • The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity.

  • The prophet is persecuted: he denounces captivity to his persecutors, and bemoans himself.