confine
- vt.限制;监禁;限定;禁闭;使离不开(或受困于床、轮椅等)
- n.范围;边界;界限;限度
过去式： confined 现在分词： confining 过去分词： confined 第三人称单数： confines
con- 共同,一起 + fin- 限制,界限 + -e
confineverb
限制；限定
to keep sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area.
此项工作不会局限于格拉斯哥地区。
I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916.
我将把自己考察的范围限定在1900年至1916年这段时间以内。
监禁；禁闭
to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space
Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage.
把狗关进适于旅行的笼子里。
Here the river is confined in a narrow channel.
这条河在这里流入狭窄的河床。
The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks , as a punishment)
有关的士兵已受到不得离开营房的禁闭处分。
使离不开（或受困于床、轮椅等）
to have to stay in bed, in a wheelchair , etc.
She was confined to bed with the flu.
她因患流感卧病在床。
He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.
经过那场事故后他就离不开轮椅了。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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
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- place limits on (extent or access)
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
- Synonym: restrict restrain trammel limit bound throttle
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- restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- Synonym: limit circumscribe
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- 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
- Synonym: restrain hold
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- prevent from leaving or from being removed
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- deprive of freedom;take into confinement
- Synonym: detain
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- close in;darkness enclosed him"
- Synonym: enclose hold in
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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。
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Our first example of confining waves will be to confine a wave at one boundary .
约束波的第一例子是使波动在一个界面上受到限制。
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The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area .
此项工作不会局限于格拉斯哥地区。
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Here the river is confined in a narrow channel .
这条河在这里流入狭窄的河床。
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It is beyond the confines of human knowledge .
这超出了人类的知识范围。
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Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage .
把狗关进适于旅行的笼子里。
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He 's been confined to a wheelchair since the accident .
他从车祸以后就离不开轮椅了。
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It is cruel to keep animals in confined spaces .
把动物关在狭小的空间里是残酷的。
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I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916 .
我将把自己考察的范围限定在1900年至1916年这段时间以内。
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Increasing frailty meant that she was more and more confined to bed .
日益衰弱意味着她愈来愈需要卧床。
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He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident .
经过那场事故后他就离不开轮椅了。
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As usual , he confined his comments to generalities .
他和往常一样，只作了笼统的评论。
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He did not confine himself to the one language
他没把自己局限于这一门语言。
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Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business
洋子主要是做大生意。
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His long legs bent up in the confined space .
他的两条长腿蜷在狭小的空间里。
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Damage was confined to a small portion of the castle
城堡仅有一小部分受损。
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The woman will be confined to a mental institution
这个女人将被关进精神病院。
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A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month
他得了一种神秘的怪病，卧床有一个多月。
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The problem is not confined to Germany
问题不仅限于德国。
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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。
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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。
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McGregor must remain confined , on the basis of the medical reports we have received
根据我们收到的病历报告，麦格雷戈的行动仍然必须受到限制。
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Virtue is not confined to the Christian world
善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。
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Spillover damage from the building 's demolition was confined to some broken glass .
拆除这座大楼带来的损失仅仅是一些玻璃被震碎了。
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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。
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He had been confined to a wheelchair since childhood .
他打小就只能坐轮椅。
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I can 't stand the confines of this marriage .
我受不了这段婚姻的限制。
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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。
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It is sad to see a county confine its activities to undignified public bickering
看到整个县都不顾颜面地公开争吵，真让人感到难过。
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She eventually used a cane , then a walker , and finally was confined to the house .
结果她拄上了拐杖，后来又用上了助行架，最后连房门都出不了了。
指在时间、数量、水平等方面加以限制，侧重事物的限度。
We must limit our spending.
我们必须限制开支。
His talk is limited to 30 minutes.
他的谈话限定在30分钟。
指将某人或某事物限制在某活动、主题、地区等范围之内，通常用被动语态。
They confined their study to 12 cases.
他们把研究限定在12个案例以内。
The work will not be confined to this area.
此项工作不会局限于这一地区。
指控制某事物的大小、数量或范围，侧重限制行为。
You can restrict access to certain files.
你可以限制某些文档的传阅人数。
The deal will restrict competition.
这个协议将限制竞争。