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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Captivity \Cap*tiv"i*ty\, n. [L. captivitas: cf. F.
   captivit['e].]
   1. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

            More celebrated in his captivity that in his
            greatest triumphs.                    --Dryden.

   2. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or
      affections; bondage.

            Sink in the soft captivity together.  --Addison.

   Syn: Imprisonment; confinement; bondage; subjection;
        servitude; slavery; thralldom; serfdom.

资料来源 : WordNet®

captivity
     n 1: 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" [syn: {imprisonment}, {incarceration}, {immurement}]
     2: the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own
        hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
        [syn: {enslavement}]