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🔑 con·fine AW BrE /kənˈfaɪn/NAmE /kənˈfaɪn/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they confine BrE /kənˈfaɪn/ NAmE /kənˈfaɪn/present simple - he / she / it confines BrE /kənˈfaɪnz/ NAmE /kənˈfaɪnz/past simple confined BrE /kənˈfaɪnd/ NAmE /kənˈfaɪnd/past participle confined BrE /kənˈfaɪnd/ NAmE /kənˈfaɪnd/ -ing form confining BrE /kənˈfaɪnɪŋ/ NAmE /kənˈfaɪnɪŋ/🔑 ~ sb/sth to sth [often passive] to keep sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc. 限制；限定 SYN restrict ◆The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area. 此项工作不会局限于格拉斯哥地区。◆I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916. 我将把自己考察的范围限定在 1900 年至 1916 年这段时间以内。🔑 ~ sb/sth (in sth) [usually passive] to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space 监禁；禁闭◆Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage. 把狗关进适于旅行的笼子里。◆Here the river is confined in a narrow channel. 这条河在这里流入狭窄的河槽。◆The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punishment). 有关的士兵已受到禁闭在营房的处分。be confined to bed, a wheelchair, etc. to have to stay in bed, in a wheelchair, etc. 使离不开（或受困于床、轮椅等）◆She was confined to bed with the flu. 她因患流感卧病在床。◆He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident. 经过那场事故后他就离不开轮椅了。 |