關於Captive的意思和用法的提問

A: A captive is something that has been captured and can’t escape, like a prisoner of war or a panda in a zoo.so when asked "Where are you been held captive? ". This question would mean where(place) you are being held as a prisoner or hostage.

A: We usually use "captive" to mean a prisoner.

But it is often used in conjunction with the word audience. A "captive audience" is a group of people who are forced to listen to something.

For example, if you were on an airplane, and the screen in your seat showed you advertisements, you would be a captive audience.

A: @zeliha_k the actor held their attention captive, the pirates attacked and took captives

A: They both mean the same thing

A: The first sentence is in the present perfect tense, i.e., you're already captivated. The other one is in the present perfect continuous tense signifying that someone is yet captivating you.

A: A captive is someone who is being held in captivity.

So a captive is the person, whereas captivity is the situation.

We can also use the word in a poetic sense, as in something like:

"The audience was captivated by the powerful performance."

Here it has a positive meaning, but most of the time being captive is perceived in a negative sense, as in some person or animal is being held (in captivity) against their will.

A: Their meanings are very close. But prisoner seems more official, if that makes sense. You would be held captive by a bank robber but held prisoner by a government. However, either word works just fine in either of these sentences.

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A: Handcuffed ?

A: thank you!
in past how'd it be
she was held captive
she was being held captive

A: A hostage is always a captive, but a captive is not always a hostage.
A hostage is held as leverage for something else, while a captive is just being held. For example, a prisoner of war is a captive.

A: Yes it is archaic. However, my mother always said "It's five and twenty past eight" for 8:25 and "It's five and twenty to nine" for 8:35...

A: 1 we are keeping them captive
2 i am being kept captive

A: For the second sentence, use the infinitive for "healing"
So the sentence will sound like this "The Lord went around to heal them."