cap·tiv·i·ty
noun/kæpˈtɪvəti/
/kæpˈtɪvəti/
[uncountable]- the state of being kept as a prisoner or in a space that you cannot escape from
监禁；关押；困住 - in captivity He was held in captivity for three years.
他被监禁了三年。 - Wild animals do not always breed well in captivity.
野生动物在圈养下并不总是能很好地繁殖。 - The bird had escaped from captivity.
那只鸟已经逃离樊笼。
Extra Examples- She was tortured many times during her captivity.
她在囚禁期间多次遭到拷打。 - The children were held in captivity until British soldiers entered the village.
在英国士兵进入村庄之前，孩子们一直被关押。 - The prisoners were released from captivity after three months.
3 个月后囚犯们获释。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + captivity- escape
- escape from
- during (somebody’s) captivity
- in captivity
- hold somebody in captivity
- keep somebody in captivity
- raise something in captivity
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin captivitas, from captivus ‘taken captive’, from capere ‘seize, take’. - in captivity He was held in captivity for three years.