captivity
英 [kæpˈtɪvəti] 美 [kæpˈtɪvɪti]

n.

被俘；囚禁；束缚；

英英释义

captivity[ kæp'tivəti ]

• n.
  • the state of being imprisoned

    "he was held in captivity until he died"

    同义词：imprisonmentincarcerationimmurement

  • the state of being a slave

    "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"

    同义词：enslavement

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He had been kept in captivity for a month.
   他被囚禁了一个月。
2. They prayed for an early deliverance from captivity.
   他们为早日获释而祈祷。
3. He was released from his long captivity.
   他被释放了，结束了他长期的被俘生活。
4. Captivity of itself is not a condition of culpability.
   被俘本身不是应受惩罚的行为。
5. It came as the joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
   它的来临就像愉悦的曙光结束了他们受到束缚的漫长黑夜。

权威例句

Captivity effects on wide-ranging carnivores.
Effects of Captivity on the Behavior of Wild Mammals
Stress, role captivity, and cessation of caregiving
Stress, role captivity, and the cessation of caregiving.
Captivity masks inbreeding effects on male mating success in butterflies
Animal welfare: captivity effects on wide-ranging carnivores.
The effects of captivity on the morphology of captive, domesticated and feral mammals
Effect of acute captivity stress on plasma concentrations of corticosterone and sex steroids in female whistling frogs, Litoria ewin...
Reproductive problems directly attributable to long-term captivity--asymmetric reproductive aging
Modeling problems in conservation genetics using captive Drosophila populations: Rapid adaptation to captivity.Zoo Biol.,11, 333-342