1. The singer captured the hearts of audience.
    这位歌唱家令听众倾倒。

2. The candidate captured 55% of the vote.
    那位候选人获得百分之五十五的选票。

3. The state visit by the premier captured the headlines of all newspapers.
    总理的国事访问各报都用大标题登出。

4. The police have not captured the mugger yet.
    警方还没有捕获那个行凶抢劫者。

1. The soldier played dead to escape capture by the enemy.
    那个士兵躺下装死，以免被敌人俘虏。

1. (尤指在战争中)俘虏，擒获，占领，夺取
    If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.

    e.g. The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot...
           游击队击落了一架飞机,并俘获了飞行员。
    e.g. The whole town celebrated when two tanks were captured...
           全城居民庆祝缴获了两辆坦克。

2. 代表（特点);表现,体现(感情、气氛)
    If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully.

    e.g. Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean...
           厨师伊德里斯·卡尔多拉开出一份富有地中海特色的菜单，让人眼前一亮。
    e.g. Their mood was captured by one who said, ''Students here don''t know or care about campus issues.''
           一个人的话道出了他们的心情，“这儿的学生既不了解也不关心校园问题。”

3. 吸引(注意力);激发(想象);赢得(喜爱)
    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.

    e.g. ...the great names of the Tory party who usually capture the historian''s attention.
           往往会引起历史学家关注的保守党大人物
    e.g. ...the issue that has captured the imagination of nearly the whole nation.
           激发了几乎所有国人想象力的争论

4. 拍摄
    If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed.

    e.g. The incident was captured on videotape...
           事件被拍成了录像。
    e.g. The images were captured by TV crews filming outside the base.
           这些影像是电视剧组人员在外景地拍摄的。

5. 得到;夺得;获得
    If you capture something that you are trying to obtain in competition with other people, you succeed in obtaining it.

    e.g. In 1987, McDonald''s captured 19 percent of all fast-food sales...
           1987年,麦当劳占据了整个快餐业销售额的19%。
    e.g. The Socialist candidate has captured eighty-five per cent of the vote in the three-way presidential race.
           社会党候选人在这场三人角逐的总统竞选中已经获得85%的选票。

1. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

    Synonym: gaining controlseizure

2. the removal of an opponent''s piece from the chess board

3. the act of taking of a person by force

    Synonym: seizure

4. any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

5. a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field

1. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

    e.g. We finally got the suspect
           Did you catch the thief?

    Synonym: getcatch

2. capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

    e.g. I caught a rabbit in the trap today

    Synonym: catch

3. succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

    e.g. capture the essence of Spring
           capture an idea

4. attract
    cause to be enamored

    e.g. She captured all the men''s hearts

    Synonym: enamourtrancecatchbecharmenamorcaptivatebeguilecharmfascinatebewitchentranceenchant

5. take possession of by force, as after an invasion

    e.g. the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
           The army seized the town
           The militia captured the castle

    Synonym: appropriateseizeconquer

6. bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit

    e.g. This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons
           The star captured a comet