captivity
captivity 英 [kæpˈtɪvəti] 美 [kæpˈtɪvɪti]
n. 囚禁；被关
名词复数:captivities
- Captivity is the condition of being trapped or confined. Animals that are kept in zoos are in captivity.
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- n. 囚禁；被关
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1. How did they keep from losing all hope during years of captivity in the United States?
他们究竟是如何被囚禁在美国的这些年里保持住自己的希望的？
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2. His resolve was even more hardened to escape from captivity although it was impossible.
尽管逃脱囚禁是根本不可能的事情，可他却更加坚定了逃脱的决心。
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3. But studies of chimps in captivity, where they are exposed to human behaviors, do not necessary reflect how they act in the real world.
但是，囚禁之中的黑猩猩能够接触到人类的行为，这些研究不一定能够反映它们在野外世界中的行动。
- captivity (n.) late 14c., "state of being a prisoner," Old French *captivite or directly from Latin captivitatem (nominative captivitas), from captivus "caught, taken prisoner," from captus, past participle of capere "to take, hold, seize" (from PIE root *kap- "to grasp"). An Old English cognate word for it was gehæftnes (see haft). Figurative sense "subjection, bondage, servitude" is from 1530s.
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