ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFINES | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤close, cramped, limited, narrow, rigid, small, strict, tight嚴格限制的範圍;狹窄的範圍;有限的範圍;嚴格的界限◇issues that go beyond the limited confines of the book超出本書限定範圍的問題◇within the strict confines of the law在法律嚴格限定的範圍內➤immediate當前的範圍限制▸➤comfortable, comfy (informal) , cosy/cozy, friendly, safe覺得舒服的界限;安全的界限;溫馨的範圍;友好的範圍◇The dim, familiar confines of the room grew clearer as my eyes adjusted to the indoor darkness.隨着我的眼睛適應了室內的黑暗,房間內昏暗、熟悉的一切變得清楚起來。◇The next two games are in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.接下來的兩場比賽在里格利球場舉行,氣氛友好。◇She returned to the cosy / cozy confines of her lodgings on the second floor.她回到了自己位於二樓的溫馨住所。➤cool, dark, quiet涼爽的/黑暗的/安靜的區域◇She stepped into the cool, dark confines of a roadside inn.她走進了路旁一家涼爽、昏暗的小旅館。◇in the quiet confines of a Bloomington hotel room在布盧明頓酒店安靜的房間內VERB + CONFINES➤escape, leave逃離/離開範圍◇a chance to escape the stuffy confines of the town逃離那座沉悶的城市的機會◇It is a story that must not escape the confines of this room.這是一個只限於在這間屋子裏講的故事。◇It took him some effort to leave the comfy confines of his room.他下了很大的決心才離開了自己舒適的房間。◇Most airmen aren't allowed to leave the confines of the base.大多數飛行員不允許走出該基地。◇She longed to leave the confines of her household.她渴望擺脫家庭的束縛。➤transcend超越局限◇The gay community is transcending the narrow confines of the ghetto.同性戀人群不再局限於貧民窟的狹窄圈子。➤enter進入界限◇They left the half-lit streets and entered the confines of a cemetery.他們離開了半明半暗的街道,進入了公墓區。PREPOSITION➤beyond the confines of, outside the confines of超出⋯的範圍◇She wanted to experience things outside the close confines of family life.她想體驗一下封閉的家庭生活以外的生活。➤in the confines of, within the confines of在⋯範圍以內◇He spent three years within the narrow confines of the prison.他在監獄狹小的空間裏度過了 3 年。