captivity是什么意思
2023-12-02 05:58:17
captivity
n. 囚禁;被俘;束缚
名词复数:captivities
近义词:bondage,constraint,imprisonment,incarceration,custody,detention,confinement,internment,enslavement,immurement,
英英释义
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"
- the state of being a slave;
"So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"
例句
用作名词(n.)
- He had been kept in captivity for a month.他被囚禁了一个月。
- They prayed for an early deliverance from captivity.他们为早日获释而祈祷。
- He was released from his long captivity.他被释放了,结束了他长期的被俘生活。
- Captivity of itself is not a condition of culpability.被俘本身不是应受惩罚的行为。
- 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。