1LIMITlimit 限制LIMIT to keep someone or something within the limits of a particular activity or subject 把…局限于;把…限制于SYN restrict
confine something to something
The police cadet’s duties were confined to taking statements from the crowd.
这位警校生的任务只是记录那群人的口供。
We confined our study to ten cases.
我们把研究限定在十个案例以内。
confine yourself to (doing) something
Owen did not confine himself to writing only one type of poem.
欧文没有让自己局限于只写一种类型的诗。
2KEEP somebody IN A PLACEkeep SB in a place 把某人监禁在某处KEEP somebody IN A PLACE to keep someone in a place that they cannot leave, such as a prison 监禁,禁闭
confine somebody to something
Any soldier who leaves his post will be confined to barracks (=made to stay in the barracks).
任何擅离职守的士兵都要受到在营房里关禁闭的处罚。
be confined in something
He was allegedly confined in a narrow dark room for two months.
据说他在一个既狭窄又黑暗的房间里被监禁了两个月。
3STOP SPREADINGstop STH spreading 制止某事扩散SPREAD to stop something bad from spreading to another place 限制,阻止
confine something to something
Firefighters managed to confine the fire to the living room.
消防队员设法把火势控制在起居室内。
4stay in one place 留在一处MKEEP somebody IN A PLACE if you are confined to a place, you have to stay in that place, especially because you are ill 限制,使离不开〔尤因生病〕
be confined in something• Stevenson was arrested for murder and confined in a hospital for psychiatric tests.• In 1678 he was confined in a madhouse in Finsbury.• At the touch of a button a hugegate opens and I am confined in a small area between fences.• The theory originates from experiments with rats in which the animals were confined in a small space and given electricshocks.• He held back at first, but only until she was confined in the hospital at Leyden.• After his arrest he was confined in the Tower of London, where, incidentally, his grandfather had been born.
confined to bed• I had the flu and was confined to bed.• Perhaps Mrs Longhill had already written during the days Ruth had been confined to bed.• Throughout the crisis of 1931, however, he was confined to bed after an operation.• He suspected she could have wished for nothing better than to have him confined to bed and reliant on her care.• Or at least ... Are you really totally confined to bed, Faye?• The following year, in Paris, Du Camp was ill, and confined to bed in his apartment.• Only replacement back Kenny Logan was an absentee, confined to bed suffering from the 24-hour flu bug.
Originconfine
(1500-1600)Frenchconfiner, from Latinconfinis; → CONFINES