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confine

英[kənˈfaɪn] 美[kənˈfaɪn]

v. 限制，监禁，关押；
n. 界限，范围，限制；

第三人称单数：confines;

过去式：confined;

过去分词：confined;

现在分词：confining;

相关单词 confined confinement confinements confines

同义词

confine的同义词之：
contain restrain imprison surround keep in enclose

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。

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。
使离不开（或受困于床、轮椅等）
n.
界限, 范围

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；