英汉词典

confine 基本解释

• n. 界限，边界;约束；限制
• vt. 限制；禁闭

confine 词态变化

confine 中文词源

con-, 强调。-fin, 界限，限制，词源同finish, finite.

confine 英文词源

confine

confine: see fine

confine (n.)

c. 1400, "boundary, limit" (usually as confines), from Old French confins "boundaries," from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium (plural confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neuter of confinis "bordering on, having the same boundaries," from com- "with" (see com-) + finis "an end" (see finish (v.)).

confine (v.)

1520s, "to border on," from Middle French confiner, from confins (n.); see confine (n.). Sense of "keeping within limits" is from 1590s. Related: Confined; confining.

confine 英文释义

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"

confine 同义词解析

confine, imprison, jail

这些动词均含"监禁"之意。

confine： 指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。

imprison： 较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。

jail： (英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。

limit, confine, restrict

这些动词均有"限制，限定"之意。

limit： 一般指事先确定空间、时间或数量的极限，一旦超越限度，就会造成不良结果。当然也可指不事先规定，而且自然的或固有的界限。

confine： 侧重施加不可逾越的限制，有时暗示束缚、囚禁。

restrict： 指把某人或物限制在一定范围之内。

confine 双语例句

1. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.

医生仅仅是开药而不配药。

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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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5. Confine yourself to the facts.

你只说事实吧.

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confine 实用场景例句

Here the river is confined in a narrow channel.

这条河在这里流入狭窄的河床。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

She was confined to bed with the flu.

她因患流感卧病在床。

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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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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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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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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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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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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

我受不了这段婚姻的限制。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Special hot work, confine space work supervision. chemical spill and explosion control audit.

对特殊热作业 、 受限空间作业监视,对化学品泄露及爆炸性控制安全审计.

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Every day we confine ourselves to the exams.

每天我们都被考试所困.

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How often have you been told to confine your curls?

不是要你经常梳理你的卷发 吗 ?

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At such, marriages are confine to the same caste, from the same family ( should be relatives ).

因此, 结婚对象也是限制在同一阶级或来自同一个家庭 ( 一定是亲戚 ).

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Please confine your remarks to the subject we are debating.

请您发言不要离开我们讨论的题目.

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Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage?

把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?

辞典例句

I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.

我将专攻地理学.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

It is not good to confine a wild bird in a cage.

把野生的鸟关在笼是不好的.

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Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.

医生正试图将此病控制在城内.

《简明英汉词典》

To confine or live in or as if in a small space or area.

拘禁于.居住于或似乎是在一个小空间.小区域内.

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It is our intention to confine ourselves to the wholesale business of silk goods.

本公司专门经营各种丝制品的批发业务.

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Thus, the negative marker specifier serves to confine the negative scope and negative focus within it.

否定标记词于是就具有了限定否定范围的句法作用.

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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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