capture /ˈkæptʃə/ CET4 TEM4 ( capturing, captured, captures )

• 1. 

  V-T If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war. 俘虏; 捕获

  例：

  The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot.

  那些游击队员击落了一架飞机，并俘虏了飞行员。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Capture is also a noun. 占领

  例：

  ...the final battles which led to the army's capture of the town.

  …部队夺取该镇的最后几场战斗。

• 3. 

  V-T If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully. 充分体现 [no cont]

  例：

  Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean.

  伊德里斯·卡尔多拉厨师的菜单很有创意，充分体现了地中海风情。

• 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

  例：

  ...the great names of the past who usually capture the historian's attention.

  …那些常常为史学家所关注的伟人们。

• 5. 

  V-T If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed. 拍摄 [usu passive]

  例：

  The incident was captured on videotape.

  这一事件被拍摄下来。

  例：

  The images were captured by TV crews filming outside the base.

  这些镜头被正在基地外拍摄的电视台工作人员捕捉到了。