单词乎

confine

音标[kәn'fain]

汉语翻译

vt. 限制, 使不外出, 禁闭
vi. 邻接, 交界
n. 边缘, 范围, 区域
【法】 监禁, 限制, 控制

词型变化

名词:confiner 动词过去式:confined 过去分词:confined 现在分词:confining 第三人称单数:confines 形容词:confinable 

词意辨析

confine, imprison, jail
这些动词均含“监禁”之意。
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。
limit, confine, restrict
这些动词均有“限制,限定”之意。
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。

英语解释

动词 confine:

  1. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
    同义词:limit, circumscribe
  2. place limits on (extent or access)
    同义词:restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle
  3. prevent from leaving or from being removed
  4. close in or confine
    同义词:enclose, hold in
  5. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
    同义词:detain
  6. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
    同义词:restrain, hold

例句

  1. I am sick, I have to confine to bed.
    我病了,我得卧床休息。
  2. The thief was confined in a prison.
    窃贼被关押在监狱里。
  3. I wish the speaker would confine himself to the subject.
    我希望演说者不要离题。

详细解释


con.fine

v.(动词)
con.fined,con.fin.ing,con.fines
v.tr.(及物动词)
To keep within bounds; restrict:
限制:使局限于;限制:
例句:
Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand.See Synonyms at limit
请你把话题局限在手头的问题上参见 limit

To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.
禁闭:关闭或禁闭,尤指在监狱里
To restrict in movement:
限制行动:
例句:
The sick child was confined to bed.
这个生病的小孩不能离床

v.intr.Archaic (不及物动词)【古语】
To border.
为…的边界
n.(名词)

confines
confines
The limits of a space or an area; the borders:
边界:空间或地区的界限;边界:
例句:
within the confines of one county.
在一国的国境内

Restraining elements:
约束:限制的要素:
例句:
wanted to escape the confines of corporate politics and bureaucracy.
想要逃离团体策略与官僚制度的约束

Purview; scope:
范围;区间:
例句:
children who learned to work within the confines of the curriculum; a theory that has transcended the confines of science.
孩子们在课程范围内学习;超越科学范畴的理论



Archaic A restriction.
【古语】 限制
Obsolete A prison.
【废语】 监狱

来源:
French confiner
法语 confiner
from Old French
源自 古法语
from confins [boundaries]
源自 confins [边界]
ultimately from Latin nfone [from neuter of] cônfonis [adjoining]
最终源自 拉丁语 nfone [] 源自cônfonis的中性词 [邻近的]
com- [com-]
com- [前缀,表.和.]
fonis [border]
fonis [边界]

【引伸】
confin.able 或
confine.able
adj.(形容词)
confin.er
n.(名词)

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