| 单词 | captive |
| 释义 | captive captive // adjective [only before noun]
1 not free to leave a particular place or to choose what you want do to: A salesman loves to have a captive audience (= who listen because they have no choice). As the only supplier of electricity in the country they have a captive market (= people have to buy from them).
a captive audience/customer/market
2 (Marketing ) only being able to sell the products of a particular company: Many insurance companies sell their policies through captive agents. Carmakers can no longer sell their cars only through captive dealers .
a captive agent/dealer |
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