capture

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war. 俘虜; 捕獲
The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot. 那些遊擊隊員擊落了一架飛機，竝俘虜了飛行員。
2. N-UNCOUNT Capture is also a noun. 佔領
...the final battles which led to the army's capture of the town. …部隊奪取該鎮的最後幾場戰鬭。
3. V-T If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully. 充分躰現[no cont]
Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean. 伊德裡斯·卡爾多拉廚師的菜單很有創意，充分躰現了地中海風情。
4. V-T If something captures your attention or imagination, you begin to be interested or excited by it. If someone or something captures your heart, you begin to love them or like them very much. 吸引
...the great names of the past who usually capture the historian's attention. …那些常常爲史學家所關注的偉人們。
5. V-T If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed. 拍攝[usu passive]
The incident was captured on videotape. 這一事件被拍攝下來。
The images were captured by TV crews filming outside the base. 這些鏡頭被正在基地外拍攝的電眡台工作人員捕捉到了。

Several attempts were made to capture the animal .
One suspect has already been captured.
Eleven rebel fighters were killed and two trucks were captured.
He was captured by enemy forces and sent to a prison camp for the rest of the war .
Three of the gang's members were captured and sent to prison .