音标:[kәn'fain] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
vt. 限制, 使不外出, 禁闭
vi. 邻接, 交界
n. 边缘, 范围, 区域
v. prevent from leaving or from being removed
v. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
词型变化:过去分词 : confined ; 名词复数形式 : confines ; 现在分词 : confining ; 过去式 : confined ; 第三人称单数 : confines
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confine的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. I wish the speaker would confine himself to the subject.我希望演说者不要离题。
  2. I am sick, I have to confine to bed.我病了,我得卧床休息。
  3. The thief was confined in a prison.窃贼被关押在监狱里。
  4. Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage?把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?
用作名词(n.)
  1. This is outside the confines of human knowledge.这超出了人类知识范畴。
  2. The refiner defined a definite confine with her fine finger.提炼者用她精细的手指定义了一个明确的界限。
  3. Our first example of confining waves will be to confine a wave at one boundary.约束波的第一例子是使波动在一个界面上受到限制。
  4. It will use magnetic fields to confine hydrogen isotopes and heat them to hundreds of millions of degrees Celcius.它利用磁场约束氢的同位素并将其加热到数亿摄氏度。
  5. The murderer was placed in the confine.杀人犯被监禁了。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. 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。
  2. Dikes confined the flood water.堤防挡住了洪水。
  3. She confined her activities in educational circles.她把她的各项活动都限制在教育圈内。
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  5. The thief is confined in prison.这贼被关在监狱里。
  6. Since theft has become his habit, he should be confined.偷盗既然成了他的习惯,就该把他关起来。
用作名词(n.)
  1. He was not permitted to pass beyond the confines of his house.他不得走出房子的范围。
  2. This is outside the confines of human knowledge.这是在人类知识的范围之外。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
confine to (v.+prep.)
    限于…之内 limit sb/sth to sth such as a place or subjectconfine oneself/sb/sth to sth

    Illness confined him to his room.

    他因病呆在屋里。

    He has confined himself to the study of modern languages.

    他只学习现代语言。

    Please confine your remarks to the subject under discussion.

    请把你的话题限于我们所讨论的题目范围之内。

    The edition is confined to 5000 copies.

    这一版书限出5000册。

    Our knowledge about agriculture has so far been exclusively confined to books.

    我们对农业的知识至今只限于书本上所说的。

    For the time being the call-up will be confined to men under the age of twenty-five.

    眼下征召令将限于二十五岁以下的男子。

confine within (v.+prep.)
    关在…里 limit sb/sth within sth such as an areaconfine sth within sth

    Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.

    医生正试图将此病控制在城内。

    I should hate to be confined within the four walls of an office all day.

    我讨厌整天关在办公室里。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • confine one's activities限制活动
  • confine the disease控制疾病
  • confine the fire控制大火
  • confine the flood water挡住洪水
  • confine the prisoner押禁犯人
  • confine the study of modern languages只学习现代语言
  • confine the subject限制题目
  • confine thief把小偷关起来
~+副词
  • confine chiefly主要限于
  • confine completely完全限于
  • confine exclusively只限于
  • confine strictly严格地限制
~+介词
  • confine sb at hard labour服苦役
  • confine sth by an enclosure用篱笆围起来
  • confine in a dungeon被关在地牢里
  • confine of a girl生个女孩
  • confine on a country与一个国家接壤
  • confine to(使)限制在…
  • confine sb to bed(因病)卧床
  • confine to quarters禁闭
  • confine sth to a small area控制在一个小范围内
  • confine to one topic局限在一个主题内
  • confine within doors不得出家门
  • confine within very narrow limits深受局限
  • confine within the problem以这个问题为限
用作名词 (n.)
介词+~
  • beyond the confines of在…之外
  • on the confine of濒于,差一点儿(就)
  • out of the confines of在…之外
  • within the confines of在…之内

经典引文

  • That..sort of tragedy which lies on the confines of farce.

    出自:R. L. Stevenson
  • His heart swelled and stopped as though it met sudden confines.

    出自:P. S. Buck
  • Star systems..outside the confines of the Milky Way.

    出自:B. Lovell
  • He..had to confine himself to the deck of the ship.

    出自:B. T. Washington
  • In the Middle Ages education had largely been confined to training the clergy.

    出自:W. S. Churchill
  • Border patrols have been instituted to confine the nomads.

    出自:J. Updike
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