confines

noun

1. 范围；界限；边界
   limits or borders
   1. It is beyond the confines of human knowledge.
      这超出了人类的知识范围。
   2. the confines of family life
      家庭生活的范围

The verb is pronounced /kən'faɪn/. The noun confines is pronounced /'kɒnfaɪnz/. 动词读作 /kən'faɪn/。名词读作 /'kɒnfaɪnz/。


1. VERB 限制，限定（防止扩散蔓延）
   To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
   1. Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area...
      卫生官员成功地将疫情控制在塔巴廷加地区。
   2. The US will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict.
      美国很快就会采取措施限制冲突。
2. VERB 限制(自己或自己的活动);使受局限
   If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else.
   1. He did not confine himself to the one language...
      他没把自己局限于这一门语言。
   2. Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business...
      洋子主要是做大生意。
   3. His genius was not confined to the decoration of buildings.
      他的天赋不单体现在建筑物的装饰上。
3. VERB 监禁;关押；禁闭
   If someone is confined to a mental institution, prison, or other place, they are sent there and are not allowed to leave for a period of time.
   1. The woman will be confined to a mental institution...
      这个女人将被关进精神病院。
   2. He announced that the army and police had been confined to barracks.
      他通告说军队和警察已经被禁闭在营房中不得外出。
4. N-PLURAL 边界;界限;范围
   Something that is within the confines of an area or place is within the boundaries enclosing it.
   1. The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory.
      电影的拍摄完全是在这个废弃的工厂厂区内进行。
   2. ...the wild grass and weeds that grew in the confines of the grandstand.
      大看台上丛生的野草
5. N-PLURAL 限制;局限
   The confines of a situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves.
   1. ...away from the confines of the British class system...
      超越英国社会等级制度的限制
   2. I can't stand the confines of this marriage.
      我受不了这段婚姻的限制。

1. The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory.
   电影的拍摄完全是在这个废弃的工厂厂区内进行。
2. I can't stand the confines of this marriage.
   我受不了这段婚姻的限制。
3. She confines her remarks to scientific management.
   她所讲的话仅局限于科学管理问题。
4. This question was discussed within the confines of the group.
   这个问题在小组范围内进行了酝酿。
5. Within the narrow confines of the solar system, it will not handicap us too severely.
   在太阳系狭小的范围内，它不会给我们带来太严重的不便。
6. Students must also return to the uncomfortable confines of life with roommates in a crowded dormitory.
   除了饮食问题，学生们舒适的生活环境也将一去不复返。他们不得不和舍友们一起住在拥挤的宿舍中。
7. The scientist is trying to prevent the water birds from leaving the confines of this preservation.
   科学家们试图阻止水鸟离开这个保护区的范围。
8. Then, whatever the solution, it must fit within the confines of the project's resources.
   然后，无论方案是什么，必须控制在项目资源能实现的范围内。
9. Goals other than the best deals are less easily achieved within the confines of a single nation.
   除了最佳交易之外的其它目标，就不那么容易在一国范围内实现。
10. The male and female joint confines the gasket O.D and I.D.
    这种外螺纹和内螺纹连接限制了垫圈的外径和内径。
11. We have to work within the confines of what the local planning laws allow.
    我们必须在当地规划法律允许的范围内工作。
12. It was known directly, to the furthest confines of the crowd.
    这事立即直接传到了最辽远地区的人群里。
13. These people spent an average of eight years of terror in death confines, sustaining tremendous mental trauma.
    这些重新获得自由的人在死刑囚室里平均度过了8年的恐怖时光，遭受了巨大的精神创伤。
14. The problem of dissipate heat is an important factor which confines the development of high power semiconductor laser.
    高功率半导体激光器随着功率的日益提高其散热问题成为限制其发展的重要因素。
15. He spent three years within the narrow confines of the prison.
    他在监狱狭小的空间里度过了三年。
16. Once you have fully upgraded the establishment, the spell that locks Daphne within her confines can be broken!
    一旦你有充分升格成立，拼写认为，锁达芙妮她的局限是可以打破的！
17. And because Magic Mouse is wireless, it can venture beyond the confines of your desk.
    而且因为魔术鼠标是无线的，它可以超越企业的范围你的办公桌。
18. They launched a counterattack between the confines of night and day.
    他们在黑夜和白昼交替之时发动了反攻。
19. Some of them were afraid of what existed beyond the confines of our village, but not me.
    他们中的一些对村子外面的世界存在些什么，心怀忧虑，但是我一点也不。
20. He confines them in a frame.
    他把他们限制在一个框框里。
21. Within its confines developed the most advanced and most enduring civilization.
    在这里集中了发达的、最先进和持久的文明。
22. The narrow confines of life in a religious job proved too difficult for him.
    教会工作狭小的生活空间对他来说显然太难了。
23. In which there are many confines, wards and dungeons.
    有许多牢房、警卫和地牢。
24. It needs grounding to keep you in the physical confines of Earth.
    它需要连接地面把你留在地球的实际疆界中。
25. Even within the authoritarian confines of North Korea, football is rallying a new spirit among the people.
    即使在朝鲜的专制范围内，足球是团结人民的一种新精神。
26. Confines the scope of$ I to the for loop.
    限制了$i在for循环里。
27. Leaving the cozy confines of our solar system, we find ourselves in the interstellar regions of the galaxy.
    离开了我们太阳系的安逸边界，我们发现自身处在银河系内的星际地域。
28. We must operate within the confines of the law.
    我们必须在法律规定的范围内行事。
29. This is outside the confines of human knowledge.
    这超出了人类知识范畴。
30. The dark night of the soul invites us to fully recognize the confines of our ego's identity.
    灵魂的暗夜让我们充分认识到小我身份的局限。

noun

1. a bounded scope
   1. he stayed within the confines of the city