1. | 俘虏；俘获；捕获to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner or in a confined space |
Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers. 盟军俘虏了 300 多名敌方士兵。 | |
The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos. 那些动物用网捕获后被卖到当地的动物园。 |
2. | ~ sth 用武力夺取；攻取；攻占to take control of a place, building, etc. using force |
The city was captured in 1941. 这座城市于 1941 年被攻占。 |
3. | ~ sth 夺得；赢得；争得to succeed in getting control of sth that other people are also trying to control |
The company has captured 90% of the market. 这家公司已取得九成的市场份额。 |
4. | ~ sb's attention/imagination/interest 引起（注意、想象、兴趣）to make sb interested in sth |
They use puppets to capture the imagination of younger audiences. 他们用木偶来启发小观众的想象力。 |
5. | ~ sth （用图画、文章、电影等准确地）表达，刻画，描述to succeed in accurately expressing a feeling, an atmosphere, etc. in a picture, piece of writing, film/movie, etc. |
The article captured the mood of the nation. 这篇文章把国民的情绪把握得很准。 |
6. | [oftpass] ~ sb/sth on film/tape/canvas, etc. 拍摄；录制；绘制to film/record/paint, etc. sb/sth |
The attack was captured on film by security cameras. 袭击事件已被保安摄像机拍摄下来。 |
7. | ~ sb's heart 使…爱上（或倾心于）to make sb love you |
8. | ~ sth 把…输入计算机；采集to put sth into a computer in a form it can use |
