/kənˈfaɪn/
with obj.(confine someone/thing to)
1- keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time)限制; 使局限：
he does not confine his message to high politics
他的观点并不仅局限于偏激的政治见解
your boating will mostly be confined to a few hours at weekends
你通常只限于在周末划几个小时船
you've confined yourself to what you know.
你只局限于你知道的事。
1.1
confine someone to/in
restrain or forbid someone from leaving (a place)禁止离开; 关押, 监禁; 禁闭：the troops were confined to their barracks.
军队被关在营房。
1.2
be confined to
(of a person) be unable to leave (one's bed, home, or a wheelchair) because of illness or disability（人）（因疾病、残疾）无法离开（床, 家, 轮椅）：he had been confined to a wheelchair for some time.
他被困在轮椅上已有一段时间了。
1.3
be confined
dated (of a woman) remain in bed for a period before, during, and after the birth of a child〈旧〉（妇女）卧床分娩; 坐月子：she was confined for nearly a month.
她坐月子将近一个月。
1
- the borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement（尤指某个地方限制行动自由的）界限; 边界; 范围：
within the confines of the hall escape was difficult.
在礼堂范围之内逃跑是困难的。
1.1
- figurative the limits or restrictions of something abstract, especially a subject or sphere of activity〈喻〉（尤指学科或活动领域的）界限; 范围：
the narrow confines of political life.
政治生活的狭小领域。
派生词
confinement
noun词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： from French confins (plural noun)， from Latin confinia, from confinis 'bordering'， from con- 'together'+finis 'end， limit' （plural fines 'territory'）. The verb senses are from French confiner, based on Latin confinis.