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confines

Word family 
con·fines /ˈkɒnfaɪnz $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun [plural]  
AREAlimits or borders 界限，范围
within/beyond the confines of something
 within the confines of the prison
在监狱范围内
Examples from the Corpus
confines• Sea Gladiator Faith in her restored form inside the somewhat cramped confines of the Museum.• She felt trapped by the narrow confines of the convent.• Rock fall and trampling in the narrow confines of a cave are two major factors.• The noise was deafening in the small confines of the workshop.• Hypothetical thinking goes beyond the confines of everyday experience.• Sometimes, when the clouds were stretched more thinly, the confines of their world extended.• But, fortunately, interviewers had difficulty restricting employees to the confines of the standard interview questions.• We must operate within the confines of the law.• Within the confines of the steel hull the interference was less.• These two processes are continuous throughout the vast confines of the Universe.
within/beyond the confines of something• Nevertheless, Blake's achievement in producing digestible theory and illuminating analyses within the confines of such a short book is considerable.• All the basic lessons should now have been mastered, at least within the confines of a garden.• Berni lives within the confines of a tiny hand-held video game that comes on a key chain.• Although sofas speak of home, they have moved beyond the confines of our living rooms.• At large, Billy the Kid moved beyond the confines of the feud to more general shootings and stock thefts.• They are men who will have committed an offence within the confines of their family and community.• The world beyond the confines of the car was silent but no longer still.
Origin confines
(1400-1500) French confins, from Latin confine “border”, from com- ( → COM-) + finis “end”
con·fines noun
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confines

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFINES | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤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。
confines noun
⇨ limit 2

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