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confine confidingly confiding confidentially

confine
[英] [kənˈfain] [美] [kənˈfaɪn] 生词本

vt.

n.

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The verb is pronounced /kən'faɪn/. The noun confines is pronounced /'kɒnfaɪnz/. 动词读作 /kən'faɪn/。名词读作 /'kɒnfaɪnz/。
1. VERB 限制，限定（防止扩散蔓延） To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. 

  • Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area...

    卫生官员成功地将疫情控制在塔巴廷加地区。

  • The US will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict.

    美国很快就会采取措施限制冲突。

2. VERB 限制(自己或自己的活动);使受局限 If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else. 

  • He did not confine himself to the one language...

    他没把自己局限于这一门语言。

  • Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business...

    洋子主要是做大生意。

  • His genius was not confined to the decoration of buildings.

    他的天赋不单体现在建筑物的装饰上。

3. VERB 监禁;关押；禁闭 If someone is confined to a mental institution, prison, or other place, they are sent there and are not allowed to leave for a period of time. 

  • The woman will be confined to a mental institution...

    这个女人将被关进精神病院。

  • He announced that the army and police had been confined to barracks.

    他通告说军队和警察已经被禁闭在营房中不得外出。

4. N-PLURAL 边界;界限;范围 Something that is within the confines of an area or place is within the boundaries enclosing it. 

  • The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory.

    电影的拍摄完全是在这个废弃的工厂厂区内进行。

  • ...the wild grass and weeds that grew in the confines of the grandstand.

    大看台上丛生的野草

5. N-PLURAL 限制;局限 The confines of a situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves. 

  • ...away from the confines of the British class system...

    超越英国社会等级制度的限制

  • I can't stand the confines of this marriage.

    我受不了这段婚姻的限制。

Verb

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

2. place limits on (extent or access);

  • "restrict the use of this parking lot"
  • "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

3. prevent from leaving or from being removed

4. close in or confine

5. deprive of freedom; take into confinement

6. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;

  • "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"
  • "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"
  • "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"
  • "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

法律

  • 1.限制

计算机

  • 1.限制；禁闭
1. Confine yourself to the facts.
你只说事实吧。

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2. Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.
医生正试图将此病控制在城内。

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3. He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.
他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。

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4. I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.
我将专攻地理学。

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