詞彙精選：capture的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
俘獲，捕獲，佔領
例句：
The soldier played dead to escape capture by the enemy.
那個士兵躺下裝死，以免被敵人俘虜。
例句：
The capture was conducted during midnight.
俘虜行動在午夜舉行。
俘虜，捕獲物，戰利品
例句：
His capture turned out to be a huge Christmas goose.
他的戰利品是一隻肥碩的聖誕鵝。
例句：
Their capture was none other than the famous Titanic.
他們俘獲的船艦正是泰坦尼克號。
v.
俘虜，擒獲，佔領，奪取 [T]
例句：
The police captured the burglar.
警察抓住了那個竊賊。
例句：
Our army soon captured the enemy's colours.
我們的軍隊很快奪得了敵人的軍旗。
代表，表現，體現 [T]
例句：
Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean.
廚師伊德里斯·卡爾多拉開出一份富有地中海特色的菜單，讓人眼前一亮。
例句：
Their mood was captured by one who said, 'Students here don't know or care about campus issues.'
一個人的話道出了他們的心情，“這兒的學生既不瞭解也不關心校園問題。“
吸引，激發；得到，贏得，奪得，獲得 [T]
例句：
That is a TV show that captured 30% of the prime-time audience.
那是一部在黃金時段吸引了30%觀衆的電視劇。
例句：
The singer captured the hearts of audience.
這位歌唱家令聽衆傾倒。
記錄，拍攝 [T]
例句：
In his traveling report, he tried to capture the beauty of the Great Waterfalls.
他努力在他的遊記中記錄下大瀑布的壯美。
例句：
The movie succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of Berlin in the 1930s.
這部電影成功的記錄了二十世紀三十年代柏林的大環境。
二、詞義辨析：
arrest,capture,catch,seize,trap
這些動詞均有“抓住，捕捉”之意。 arrest指根據法律或命令進行逮捕並予以監禁或拘留。capture指通過武力或計謀等，戰勝抵抗而捉住敵人或動物。catch普通用詞，指捉住跑動或隱藏中的人或動物，一般指活捉。seize側重指以突然、有力地動作迅速抓住或捉住。trap多指誘捕。
三、參考例句：
Capture and impound stray dogs.
把迷路的狗抓住並且關在欄中。
The goblins like to capture prisoners.
半獸人喜歡把人抓去關起來。
The capture was conducted during midnight.
俘虜行動在午夜舉行。
He eluded capture for weeks by hiding underground.
他爲免被捕躲藏了幾個星期。
The capture tiger is on the rampage for several days.
捕獲的老虎幾天來一直處於狂躁不安中。
The revolutionist eluded capture for weeks by hiding underground.
那位革命者爲避免被捕在地下躲藏了幾個星期。
Those are tales of adventure that capture the imagination.
那些是引起想象的探險故事。
With the capture of the escaped tiger， everyone felt relieved.
逃出來的老虎被捕獲後， 大家都鬆了一口氣。
The transnational corporation is out to capture the European market.
該跨國公司旨在奪取歐洲市場。
If you capture a butterfly, you will be struck dead.
如果你抓住了一隻蝴蝶，你會被車撞死。
