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. 野生动物在圈养条件下并不总是繁殖良好。 The bird had escaped from captivity. 那只鸟已经逃离樊笼。
Extra ExamplesShe 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,孩子们一直被关押着。 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
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin captivitas, from captivus ‘taken captive’, from capere ‘seize, take’.- in captivity