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Confines Confined Verb Place 例:The Activities 例:He Mental

单词 confine
音标
英[kənˈfaɪn] 美[kənˈfaɪn]
解释
vt.限制;局限于;禁闭;管制;n.界限,范围;国界;
例句

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.
例: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。
例: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。

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.
例:He did not confine himself to the one language...他没把自己局限于这一门语言。
例:Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business...洋子主要是做大生意。

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.
例:The woman will be confined to a mental institution...这个女人将被关进精神病院。
例: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。

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.
例: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。
例:...the wild grass and weeds that grew in the confines of the grandstand.大看台上丛生的野草

N-PLURAL
限制;局限
The confines of a situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves.
例:...away from the confines of the British class system...超越英国社会等级制度的限制
例:I can't stand the confines of this marriage.我受不了这段婚姻的限制。
变形
third:confines~done:confined~ing:confining~past:confined~

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