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confines

英 [kənˈfaɪnz , ˈkɒnfaɪnz]

美 [kənˈfaɪnz , ˈkɑːnfaɪnz]

n.  范围; 界限; 边界
v.  限制; 限定; 监禁; 禁闭; 使离不开(或受困于床、轮椅等)
confine的第三人称单数

牛津词典

    noun

    • 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

    柯林斯词典

      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)
      Toconfinesomethingtoa 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。
    • VERB 限制(自己或自己的活动);使受局限
      If youconfine yourselfor your activitiestosomething, 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。
    • VERB 监禁;关押;禁闭
      If someoneis confined toa 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。
    • N-PLURAL 边界;界限;范围
      Something that is within theconfines ofan 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
    • N-PLURAL 限制;局限
      Theconfines ofa 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。

    英英释义

    noun

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

    双语例句

    • We must operate within the confines of the law.
      我们必须在法律规定的范围内行事。
    • I can't stand the confines of this marriage.
      我受不了这段婚姻的限制。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • This is outside the confines of human knowledge.
      这超出了人类知识范畴。
    • He confines them in a frame.
      他把他们限制在一个框框里。
    • 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。
    • 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。