vt.限制；禁闭

n.范围；界限；约束；限制

I wish the speaker would confine himself to the subject. 我希望演说者不要离题。

I am sick, I have to confine to bed. 我病了，我得卧床休息。

The thief was confined in a prison. 窃贼被关押在监狱里。

Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage? 把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?

This is outside the confines of human knowledge. 这超出了人类知识范畴。

The refiner defined a definite confine with her fine finger. 提炼者用她精细的手指定义了一个明确的界限。

Our first example of confining waves will be to confine a wave at one boundary. 约束波的第一例子是使波动在一个界面上受到限制。

The murderer was placed in the confine. 杀人犯被监禁了。

confine的基本意思是“限制”“约束”“划界”,用作及物动词时指“把…限制在…范围内,限制的范围多是狭窄的空间,即“绝对不许越过或不能超出一定的范围或限度”,引申可表示严格管束或监禁,即“把…关在…里”“禁闭”等。

confine的主语可以是人,也可以是物,可接名词或代词作宾语,宾语后面也常可接介词,接to时多表示“限制在…范围内”; 接within时多表示“把…关在…里面”。

confine是及物动词,表示“使…局限于”,因此在使用时要注意主动语态和被动语态的差别。例如: 他的谈话只讲到两个题目。误:His talk confined to two topics.正:His talk is confined to two topics. 堤防挡住了洪水。误:Dikes is confined by the flood water.正:Dikes confined the flood water.