confine

[kən'fain]

vt.限制, 禁闭
n.范围, 界限, 约束, 限制

vt.

1. 限制; 使局限[(+to)]

We'll confine our discussion to the main issue.

我们将只讨论主要问题。

2. 禁闭; 幽禁; 使卧床[(+to/in)]

He was confined to bed by illness.

他因病卧床。

3. 分娩, 坐月子[H]

vi.

【古】邻接, 接壤

词形变化

形容词: confinable | 名词: confiner | 动词过去式: confined | 动词过去分词: confined | 动词现在分词: confining | 动词第三人称单数: confines |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.限制; 监禁

enclose  surround  contain  restrain  imprison  keep in  coop up  

英英释义

动词 confine:

restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

同义词：limit, circumscribe

place limits on (extent or access)

同义词：restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle

prevent from leaving or from being removed

close in or confine

同义词：enclose, hold in

deprive of freedom; take into confinement

同义词：detain

to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

同义词：restrain, hold

补充

confineconfine英:[kənˈfain] 美:[kənˈfaɪn]vt.1.限制; 局限于She confined her activities in educational circles.她把她的各项活动都限制在教育圈内。2.禁闭; 管制; 关起来They confined the prisoner in a cell.他们把犯人监禁在监狱里。n.1.界限, 范围

例句

1. Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.卫生官员已经成功地把疫情控制在塔巴廷加地区。 2. He did not confine himself to the one language.他没把自己局限于这一门语言。 3. This appears to be a male attitude not confined to judges.这似乎是男性的态度, 而不仅仅限于法官的态度。 4. These dangers are not confined to smokers.这些危险不限于吸烟者。 5. They confine themselves to discussing the weather.他们的谈话内容仅限于天气。 6. William was confined to an institution for some years.威廉在精神病院里关了好几年。 7. She is confined to her bed.她卧床不起。 8. He had been confined to a wheelchair since childhood.他从小就只能坐轮椅。 9. I wish you would confine yourself to the matter under discussion.希望你只谈目前我们正在讨论的问题。 10. Her illness confined her to bed.她的病使她整天躺在床上。 11. He was confined to prison for ten years.他在狱中被监禁了十年。 12. he does not confine his message to high politics.他的讲话并不仅局限于偏激的政治见解。 13. your boating will mostly be confined to a few hours at weekends.你通常只限于在周末划几个小时船。 14. you've confined yourself to what you know.你只局限于你知道的事。 15. the troops were confined to their barracks.军队被关在营房。 16. he had been confined to a wheelchair for some time.他被困在轮椅上已有一段时间了。 17. she was confined for nearly a month.她坐月子坐了近一个月。 18. within the confines of the hall escape was difficult.在礼堂范围之内逃跑是困难的。 19. the narrow confines of political life.政治生活的狭小领域。 20. The prisoners are confined to their cells for long periods at a time.犯人每次都被长期关在囚室里。 21. Please confine your questions to the topic we are discussing.提出问题时不要离题。 22. "Please confine [=restrict, limit] your comments to 200 words."请将你的评论限定在200个单词以内。 23. The cancer was confined to the lung. [=the cancer was only in the lung; the cancer had not spread to any other parts of the body]癌细胞仅存在于肺部。 24. We must confine ourselves to the agenda we've agreed on for this meeting. [=we must only talk about what is on the agenda]我们必须将本次会议的内容限定在双方认可的议程内。 25. The town would like to confine commercial development to an area by the highway.这个镇打算在城际公路附近的一片区域搞商业开发。 26. Students need not confine themselves to a single area of study.学生不必将自己局限在单一的研究领域。 27. The city's poverty is not confined to just one neighborhood.城市的贫困区不止一个。 28. Violent criminals are sometimes confined for life.暴力犯有可能被终身监禁。 29. a camp where prisoners were confined during the war战时关押犯人的拘留营 30. She was confined to a psychiatric hospital for a year.她在精神病院被关了一年。 31. The bull was confined in a pen behind the barn.那头公牛被圈在谷仓后面的围栏里。 32. I regularly visit a sick neighbor who is confined at home. [=who cannot leave home because of being sick]我定期去看望一位生病在家无法出门的邻居。 33. He was confined to a wheelchair.他无法行走，只得坐轮椅。 34. She was confined to bed for a week with the flu.她因患流感卧床一周。