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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2898 COCA: 5337

confine

confine /kənˈfaɪn/ verb
confines; confined; confining
confine
/kənˈfaɪn/
verb
confines; confined; confining
Learner's definition of CONFINE
[+ object]
: 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
: 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
often + to or in
: 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
often + to
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2898 COCA: 5337

confine

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noun

con·​fine ˈkän-ˌfīn How to pronounce confine (audio)
also
kən-ˈfīn How to pronounce confine (audio)
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confines plural
a
: something (such as borders or walls) that encloses
outside the confines of the office or hospital W. A. Nolen
also : something that restrains
escape from the confines of soot and clutter E. S. Muskie
b
: scope sense 3
work within the confines of a small group Frank Newman
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a
archaic : restriction
b
obsolete : prison

confine

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verb

con·​fine kən-ˈfīn How to pronounce confine (audio)
confined; confining

transitive verb

1
a
: to hold within a location
Dikes confined the floodwaters.
b
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: to keep within limits
will confine my remarks to one subject
confiner noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2898 COCA: 5337
confine

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBentirely, exclusively, solely, strictly, totally完全限制;僅僅局限於;嚴格限制increasingly愈加限制essentially, largely, mainly, mostly, primarily本質上/大體上/主要/大多數/首先局限於The discussion will be confined largely to general principles.討論主要局限於整體原則。generally, normally, typically一般/通常/典型地局限於Condemned prisoners are typically confined to small cells for 23 hours a day.死刑犯通常一天有 23 小時被關押在很小的牢房裏。These small mammals are generally confined to the south of the island.這些小型哺乳動物一般只出沒於該島南部。by no means, hardly, not just, not necessarily絕不/很少/不僅/不一定限於Poverty and deprivation are by no means confined to the north of the country.貧困並不僅僅只存在於這個國家的北部。safely (especially NAmE) 安全地局限於Not all horror stories are safely confined to the television set or movie screen.並非所有恐怖故事都安全地只出現在電視或電影中。PREPOSITIONto限制在⋯Let's confine our attention to the problem of illegal drugs.讓我們把注意力集中在違禁藥物的問題上。She's been confined to a wheelchair since having a bad fall.她自從摔了一大跤後就只能一直坐輪椅了。They confined themselves to purely economic matters.他們將自己局限於純粹的經濟問題上。

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