confine是什么意思？

confine

英[kənˈfaɪn] 美[kənˈfaɪn]

• vt. 限制，局限于，禁闭，管制；
• n. 界限，范围，国界；

第三人称单数：confines;

过去式：confined;

过去分词：confined;

现在分词：confining;

例句

• Confine the use of insecticides to the evening and do not spray plants that are in flower. 只在晚间使用杀虫剂，而且不要对正在开花的植物喷药。
• 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.
• Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city. 医生正试图将此病控制在城内.
• Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing. 医生仅仅是开药而不配药。
• Such material can confine water in an artesian aquifer. 这样的介质能把水控制在承压含水层中.
• 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。
• Confine the use of insecticides to the evening and do not spray plants that are in flower... 只在晚间使用杀虫剂，而且不要对正在开花的植物喷药。
• He did not confine himself to the one language... 他没把自己局限于这一门语言。
• 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。

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均包含 "监禁" 的意思
  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。
• 以下这些动词均有"限制，限定" 的意思
  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。

英语六级真题

It is mainly confined to youngsters
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
The injury will confine Anna to bed for quite a while.
出自-2012年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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
• N-PLURAL
  限制;局限
  The confines of a situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves.
  例句
  ...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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  限制; 局限于
  She confined her activities in educational circles. 她把她的各项活动都限制在教育圈内。
  禁闭; 管制; 关起来
  They confined the prisoner in a cell. 他们把犯人监禁在监狱里。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  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"

行业词典

• 法律： 限制；