Confine
[ kən'faɪn ]
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vt. 限制;局限于;禁闭;管制;
n. 界限，范围;国界;
💡 词根助记
con全部+fine限制→全限制→限制，监禁
📝 例句
New England authors did not always confine themselves to their own rules.
新英兰的作家并非永远严守他们自己的戒条。
Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage?
把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?
In order to confine a gas we must apply a pressure.
为了把气体限制在一定范围内，我们必须施加一个压力。
We'll confine our discussion to the main issue.
我们将只讨论主要问题。
He does not confine his studies to medicine, it seems.
看来他并不限于研究医学。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ con-can能,fine-美好的:谁也不能限制你看美好的事物
※ con-前缀“共同”,fine-好:两国要想共同友好保持和平就得有明确的疆域界限
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-fin-表示“边界”
📖 牛津释义
confine
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (in/to sth) keep (a person or an animal) in a restricted space 限制在某空间以内
Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage? 把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?
After her operation, she was confined to bed for a week. 她手术之後已卧床一星期了.
I should hate to be confined in an office all day. 我讨厌整天关在办公室里.
2 [Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth to sth restrict or keep sb/sth within certain limits 将某人[某事物]限制在一定范围以内
I wish the speaker would confine himself to the subject. 我希望演讲者不要离题.
Confine your criticism to matters you understand. 发表评论时不要超出自己所了解的事情的范围.
🎯 考研助记
看犯(人)（谐音）： 限制 共同(com)放在一个范围(fine字根)之内 限制 de(下)+fine(范围)- 下定义define 网友：yqy补充： con(全部), fine(限制)－全限制－监禁
🔁 扩展释义
*[kәn'fain]vt. 限制, 使不外出, 禁闭vi. 邻接, 交界n. 边缘, 范围, 区域【法】 监禁, 限制, 控制
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
查看全部CET-4词汇 ›🗣️ 情景例句
It was called Saving the earth and it was all about the damage that is being caused to the world.
会议叫“拯救地球”，所以全是有关地球遭受破坏的事情。
It was getting very windy in the hills.
山上还刮起了大风。
Of course we can. Our job is playing all kinds of music.
当然能啦！我们的本行就是演奏各种音乐。