confine

🇺🇸 /kənˈfaɪn/ 🇬🇧 /kənˈfaɪn/
頻度
難易度
タグ TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
verb
C1

to keep someone or something within certain limits

Please confine your comments to the main topic.

ご意見は主要な話題に限定してください。

C1

to keep a person or animal in a closed space

The zookeepers must confine the animals safely at night.

動物園の飼育係は夜間に動物を安全に閉じ込めなければなりません。

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.

手術後、彼女は2週間ベッドに寝たきりにならなければなりませんでした。

translation

v. 制限する, 閉じ込める, 寝込む

語形変化

3rd Present confines
Past confined
Perfect confined
Progressive confining