He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.
他描述了被俘4個月裏掙紮求生的艱難歲月。
2ADJ [ADJ n](觀衆)被強制的,受控制的;(市場)壟斷的,沒有選擇權的 A captive audience is a group of people who are not free to leave a certain place and so have to watch or listen. A captive market is a group of people who cannot choose whether or where to buy things. (觀衆)被強制的,受控制的;(市場)壟斷的,沒有選擇權的
We all performed action songs, sketches and dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons.
家長和贊助人被迫觀看了我們表演的指令歌、滑稽小品和舞蹈。
Airlines consider business travellers a captive market.
航空公司把商務旅行者視爲壟斷性市場。
3PHRASE 俘虜;扣押;關押 If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner. 俘虜;扣押;關押
Richard was finally released on February 4, one year and six weeks after he'd been taken captive.
理查德在被扣押一年零六個星期後,終於在2月4日獲釋。
Rebels in Liberia have released four foreigners after holding them captive for a week.