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Confine Confined Place N D Kənˈfaɪn Stay Verb

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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 动词]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.
  [V n to n]
  [V n]
  • 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 动词]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.
  [V pron-refl to n]
  [V n to n]
  [V-ed]
  • 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 动词]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.
  [be V-ed to n]
  [usu passive]
  • 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 复数名词]边界;界限;范围 Something that is within the confines of an area or place is within the boundaries enclosing it.
  [usu prep the N of n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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

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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]限制;局限 The confines of a situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves.
  [usu the N of n]
  • ...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。


Oxford con·fine AWL / kənˈfaɪn ; NAmE kənˈfaɪn / verb 1 confinesb/sth to sth [often passive ] to keep sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc. 限制;限定 SYN
restrict
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 myselfto 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。
2 confinesb/sth (in sth) [usually passive ] to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space 监禁;禁闭 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糟。 The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks,as a punishment). 有关的士兵已受到禁闭在营房的处分。 3 be confined to bed, a wheelchair, etc. to have to stay in bed, in a wheelchair,etc. 使离不开(或受困于床、轮椅等) 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。 confine confines confined confining
con·fine / kənˈfaɪn ; NAmE kənˈfaɪn /
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confinecon‧fine /kənˈfaɪn/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [transitive]
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1limit to keep someone or something within the limits of a particular activity or subject SYN  restrictconfine something to something The police cadet’s duties were confined to taking statements from the crowd. We confined our study to ten cases.confine yourself to (doing) something Owen did not confine himself to writing only one type of poem.2keep somebody in a place to keep someone in a place that they cannot leave, such as a prisonconfine somebody to something Any soldier who leaves his post will be confined to barracks (=made to stay in the barracks).be confined in something He was allegedly confined in a narrow dark room for two months.3stop something spreading to stop something bad from spreading to another placeconfine something to something Firefighters managed to confine the fire to the living room.4stay in one place if you are confined to a place, you have to stay in that place, especially because you are illbe confined to something Vaughan is confined to a wheelchair. She’s confined to bed with flu.GRAMMAR Confine is usually passive in this meaning.
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confine

[kənˈfaɪn]confined, confining, confines

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confined[3580] confines[776] confining[253]
限制(51%),范围(20%),禁闭(12%),约束(10%),界限(7%)
n.界限,边界;约束;限制
vt.限制;禁闭

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