| 词汇 | confine |
| 释义 | confine 3 ENTRIES FOUND: confine (verb) confined (adjective) confines (noun) confine /kənˈfaɪn/ verb confines; confined; confining confine /kənˈfaɪn/ verb confines; confined; confining Learner's definition of CONFINE [+ object] 1 : to keep (someone or something) within limits : to prevent (someone or something) from going beyond a particular limit, area, etc.限制；限定— usually + to Please confine [=restrict, limit] your comments to 200 words.请将你的评论限定在200个单词以内。 The cancer was confined to the lung. [=the cancer was only in the lung; the cancer had not spread to any other parts of the body]癌细胞仅存在于肺部。 We must confine ourselves to the agenda we've agreed on for this meeting. [=we must only talk about what is on the agenda]我们必须将本次会议的内容限定在双方认可的议程内。 The town would like to confine commercial development to an area by the highway.这个镇打算在城际公路附近的一片区域搞商业开发。 Students need not confine themselves to a single area of study.学生不必将自己局限在单一的研究领域。 The city's poverty is not confined to just one neighborhood.城市的贫困区不止一个。 2 : to keep (a person or animal) in a place (such as a prison)使闭门不出；禁闭；关押— usually used as (be) confined通常用作(be) confined Violent criminals are sometimes confined for life.暴力犯有可能被终身监禁。 a camp where prisoners were confined during the war战时关押犯人的拘留营 — often + to or in She was confined to a psychiatric hospital for a year.她在精神病院被关了一年。 The bull was confined in a pen behind the barn.那头公牛被圈在谷仓后面的围栏里。 3 : to force or cause (someone) to stay in something (such as a bed or wheelchair)幽禁；被迫卧床（或坐轮椅） — usually used as (be) confined通常用作(be) confined I regularly visit a sick neighbor who is confined at home. [=who cannot leave home because of being sick]我定期去看望一位生病在家无法出门的邻居。 — often + to He was confined to a wheelchair.他无法行走，只得坐轮椅。 She was confined to bed for a week with the flu.她因患流感卧床一周。 |
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