中英互译
confine
英 /kənˈfaɪn/美 /kənˈfaɪn/
基本释义
- v.限制,局限;防止……扩散;关押,监禁;使离不开(或受困于床、轮椅等)
- n.边界,范围;限制,局限
复数confines
第三人称单数confines
现在分词confining
过去式confined
过去分词confined
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词语例句
限制,局限vt.
六级He did not confine himself to the one language.
他没把自己局限于这一门语言。
Most of the new coinages are confined to special discussions, and seldom get into general literature or conversation.
大多数新造词仅限于特殊的讨论,很少进入一般的文学或谈话。
This type of learning is not confined to museums or institutional settings.
这种类型的学习并不局限于博物馆或公共机构。
防止……扩散vt.
Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.
卫生官员们已经成功地将该传染病控制在塔巴廷加地区。
关押,监禁vt.
He was confined in an internment camp in Utah.
他被监禁在犹他州的一个拘留营里。
使离不开(或受困于床、轮椅等)vt.
She was confined to bed with the flu.
她因患流感卧病在床。
- He did not confine himself to the one language.他没把自己局限于这一门语言。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- Confine the use of insecticides to the evening and do not spray plants that are in flower.只限晚间使用杀虫剂,并且不要对花期植物喷药。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- confine sb. to...限制某人于……
- be confined to sth.受限于……
- confine to只限于;限制在一定范围之内;范围内;限制
- confine verb限制
- confine limit限制;局限
- confine a fire控制火灾
- un confine边界
词语扩展
vt.
限制;禁闭
n.
confinement限制;监禁;分娩
v.
confined限制(confine的过去式和过去分词)
- limit/restrain/bind/confine
- limit/restrict/confine
- jail/imprison/confine
词义分布
限制
90.3%
范围
6.5%
边界
3.2%
英英释义
- v.restrict or confine,
- v.place limits on (extent or access)
- v.prevent from leaving or from being removed
- v.close in or confine
- v.deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- v.to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
- v.to keep a person or an animal in a particular place so that they cannot leave it
监禁;关押;把…关起来- The animals are confined in tiny cages.这些动物被关在多个小笼子里。
词源
- confine限制con-, 强调。-fin, 界限,限制,词源同finish, finite.
- confine限定,限制;监禁,禁闭词根词缀: con-加强意义 + -fin-界限 + -e
- confineFrom Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from Latin confīnis.