confine
verb /kənˈfaɪn/
/kənˈfaɪn/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they confine | /kənˈfaɪn/ /kənˈfaɪn/ |
| he / she / it confines | /kənˈfaɪnz/ /kənˈfaɪnz/ |
| past simple confined | /kənˈfaɪnd/ /kənˈfaɪnd/ |
| past participle confined | /kənˈfaɪnd/ /kənˈfaɪnd/ |
| -ing form confining | /kənˈfaɪnɪŋ/ /kənˈfaɪnɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] to keep somebody/something inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
限制；限定 - be confined to (doing) something 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。 - confine yourself to (doing) something 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。
- Let's confine our attention to the problem of illegal drugs.
让我们把注意力集中在违禁药物的问题上。 - Not all horror stories are safely confined to the television set or movie screen.
并非所有恐怖故事都安全地只出现在电视或电影中。 - Poverty and deprivation are by no means confined to the north of the country.
贫困并不仅仅只存在于这个国家的北部。 - The discussion will be confined largely to general principles.
讨论主要局限于整体原则。 - They confined themselves to purely economic matters.
他们将自己局限于纯粹的经济问题上。 - These small mammals are generally confined to the south of the island.
这些小型哺乳动物一般只出没于该岛南部。 - Here the river is confined to a narrow channel.
这条河被限制在一条狭窄的河道里。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- entirely
- exclusively
- solely
- …
- to
- be confined to (doing) something The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area.
- [usually passive] to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space
监禁；禁闭 - be confined (in something) 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槽。 - 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。
- be confined (in something) Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage.
- 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。 - She's been confined to a wheelchair since having a bad fall.
她自从摔了一大跤后就只能一直坐轮椅了。
- She was confined to bed with the flu.
词源late Middle English (as a noun): from French confins (plural noun), from Latin confinia, from confinis ‘bordering’, from con- ‘together’ + finis ‘end, limit’ (plural fines ‘territory’). The verb senses are from French confiner, based on Latin confinis.