con·fines
noun/ˈkɒnfaɪnz/
/ˈkɑːnfaɪnz/
[plural] (formal)- limits or borders
范围；界限；边界 - It is beyond the confines of human knowledge.
这超出了人类的知识范围。 - She wanted to experience things outside the close confines of family life.
她想体验一些超出家庭小圈子的事情。 - Most airmen aren't allowed to leave the confines of the base.
大多数飞行员不允许走出该基地。
Extra Examples- It is a story that must not escape the confines of this room.
这是一个只限于在这间屋子里讲的故事。 - It took him some effort to leave the comfy confines of his armchair.
他费了很大劲才离开了舒适的扶手椅。 - She longed to leave the confines of her household.
她渴望摆脱家庭的束缚。 - She returned to the cosy confines of her lodgings on the second floor.
她回到二楼舒适的住所。 - She stepped into the cool, dark confines of a roadside inn.
她走进了路旁一家凉爽、昏暗的小旅馆。 - The dim, familiar confines of the room grew clearer as my eyes adjusted to the indoor darkness.
随着我的眼睛适应了室内的黑暗，房间内昏暗、熟悉的一切变得清楚起来。 - The quality of her writing transcends the narrow confines of sports journalism.
她的写作质量超越了体育新闻的狭隘范围。 - The next two games are in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
接下来的两场比赛在里格利球场举行，气氛友好。 - They left the half-lit streets and entered the confines of a cemetery.
他们离开了半明半暗的街道，进入了公墓区。 - a chance to escape the stuffy confines of the town
逃离那座沉闷的城市的机会 - in the quiet confines of a Bloomington hotel room
在布卢明顿酒店安静的房间内 - issues that go beyond the limited confines of the book
超出本书限定范围的问题 - within the strict confines of the law
在法律严格限定的范围内
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- cramped
- limited
- …
- escape
- leave
- transcend
- …
- beyond the confines of
- outside the confines of
- in the confines of
- …
- It is beyond the confines of human knowledge.