A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal.
她心如鹿撞,怦怦跳个不停。
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.
We all performed action songs, sketches, and dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons.
家长和赞助人被迫观看了我们表演的指令歌、滑稽小品和舞蹈。
captives
A captive is someone who is captive.
He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.
他讲述了沦为阶下囚的4个月里挣扎求生的种种不易。
take someone captive , hold someone captive
If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner.
Richard was finally released on 4 February, one year and six weeks after he'd been taken captive.
在被囚禁了1年零6周后,理查德终于在2月4日获释。