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Collins English-English Dictionary
- confine
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict
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2.
vt.
to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of
- arthritis confined him to bed
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3.
n
[often plural]
a limit; boundary
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4.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from Medieval Latin conf
i na re from Latin confi nis adjacent, from fi nis end, boundary
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict
Examples
- to confine a talk to ten minutes
- 把谈话限制在10分钟以内 → confine
- to confine o.s. to sth/to doing sth
- 只局限于某事/做某事 → confine
- 足不出户
- never step out of doors; confine oneself within doors → 户
- 不要把自己关在办公室的小天地里。
- Don't confine yourself within the four walls of an office. → 小天地
- 今天我们只讨论工程的主项设计。
- Today we will confine ourselves to discussion of the design for the main project. → 主项
- 限制
- place (or impose) restrictions on; restrict; limit; confine → 制
- 你不要把自己定格在这个小圈子里。
- Don't confine yourself to this narrow circle. → 定格
- 何必固执于这些繁缛条文呢, 我们应该适当变通。
- Why should we confine ourselves with all the over-elaborate rules and regulations? We should be more flexible. → 繁缛
- 你不防多想想, 思维不要囿于一个地方。
- You'd better think more broadly and not confine your thoughts to one place. → 囿于
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