The verb is pronounced /kən'faɪn/. The noun confines is pronounced /'kɒnfaɪnz/. 动词读作 /kən'faɪn/。名词读作 /'kɒnfaɪnz/。
- 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.
- 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。 - 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。
- 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.
- He did not confine himself to the one language...
他没把自己局限于这一门语言。 - Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business...
洋子主要是做大生意。 - 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。
- 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.
- The woman will be confined to a mental institution...
这个女人将被关进精神病院。 - 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。
- 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.
- 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。 - ...the wild grass and weeds that grew in the confines of the grandstand.
大看台上丛生的野草
- N-PLURAL 限制;局限
The confines of a situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves.
- ...away from the confines of the British class system...
超越英国社会等级制度的限制 - I can't stand the confines of this marriage.
我受不了这段婚姻的限制。