confine

🇺🇸 /kənˈfaɪn/ 🇬🇧 /kənˈfaɪn/
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难度
标签 TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
verb
C1

to keep someone or something within certain limits

Please confine your comments to the main topic.

请将您的评论限制在主要话题上。

C1

to keep a person or animal in a closed space

The zookeepers must confine the animals safely at night.

动物园管理员必须在夜间将动物安全地关起来。

R

to have to stay in bed or a chair due to illness

After surgery, she had to confine herself to bed for two weeks.

手术后,她不得不卧床两周。

translation

v. 限制, 关押, 卧床

词形变化

3rd Present confines
Past confined
Perfect confined
Progressive confining