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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2898 COCA: 5337
confine
verb [T] /kənˈfaɪn/
present tense
I/you/we/theyconfine
he/she/itconfines
present participleconfining
past tenseconfined
past participleconfined
  1. 1
    [always passive] if something is confined to one area or group of people, it happens only in that area or affects only that group of people 使局限于
    be confined to someone/something :

    Before 1914 divorce was largely confined to the upper classes. 1914年以前,离婚大部分局限于上等阶层。

    The risk of infection is confined to relatively small groups. 感染的危险只局限于较小的人群。

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    1. a.
      formal to keep an activity within particular limits 限制
      confine something to something :

      I shall attempt to confine the discussion to broad principles. 我尽量把讨论局限在大的原则上。

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  2. 2
    [usually passive] to force someone to stay in a place and prevent them from leaving 幽禁;禁闭
    confine someone to something :

    Many prisoners are confined to their cells for long periods of time. 许多犯人被长期禁闭在牢房里。

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    1. a.
      to make someone stay in a place because they are too ill, weak, or disabled to leave 使不外出
      confine someone to something :

      Ill health kept him confined to his room. 生病使他整天呆在房间里。

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  3. 3
    to prevent something dangerous from spreading 防止…扩散
    confine something to something :

    They managed to confine the fire to the engine room. 他们设法把火势控制在发动机房里。

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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。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2898 COCA: 5337

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