英 [kənˈfaɪnɪŋ] 美 [kənˈfaɪnɪŋ]
v. 把……局限于；限制；监禁；（使）离不开（confine 的现在分词）
confine /kənˈfaɪn/ CET4 TEM4 [ confining confined confines ]
及物动词 To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. 将 (某事物) 控制 (在某地范围内)
Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.
卫生官员们已经成功地将该传染病控制在塔巴廷加地区。
及物动词 If you confine somebody or something, you prevent them from leaving or escaping. 监禁
He was confined in an internment camp in Utah.
他被监禁在犹他州的一个拘留营里。
They decided not to let their new dog run loose, confining it to a fenced enclosure during the day.
他们决定不让他们的新狗乱跑，白天把它关在有围栏的围圈里。
及物动词 If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else. 将 (自己或自己的活动) 局限于
He did not confine himself to the one language.
他没把自己局限于这一门语言。
restricting the scope or freedom of action
同义词： constraining / constrictive / limiting / restricting
crowded
同义词： close
... confinement n.限制，禁闭 confining adj.狭窄的 confirm vt.证实，使。。。更坚定 ...
... Boundaries： 边界；界限；界线；过犹不及 confining： 限制的；限制 Restrictive： 限制性的；限制性结构；限制的；限制性 ...
... contract v i收缩 感染 订阅 vt 感染 使浓缩 n 合约 confining adj 受限制的 in terms of 依据 按照 在、、、方面 ...
confined 狭窄的；幽禁的；有限制的；在分娩中的
confine 界限，边界
confinement 限制；监禁；分娩
confined 限制（confine的过去式和过去分词）
confine 限制；禁闭
受限的，限制的；狭窄的，偏狭的；拘束的
They decided not to let their new dog run loose, confining it to a fenced enclosure during the day.
他们决定不让他们的新狗乱跑，白天把它关在有围栏的围圈里。
They jib at confining animals.
他们怜悯动物。
That can be scary (for me) and confining (for him), but it also serves a purpose.
这对我来说是吓人的，对他来说是一种限制，但是这也达到了某种目的。
Experts say accountability is key in determining the future use of certain practices such as confining thousands of protesters into small areas for hours on end and of some officers removing badge numbers from their uniforms in crowd control situations.
VOA : standard.2009.04.21
There are a lot of ways in which a red light means neither "stop" nor "go," but we are sort of confining ourselves so far to the ways in which a red light has something to do with locomotion or the lack thereof.
很多时候红灯既不表示停,也不表示走“,但是我们却惯性的认为,红灯就是提示开始或者停止移动。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
So the first half of the book of Joshua contains a streamlined, idealized account according to which the Israelites managed in a relatively short period to take the central hill country, confining the Philistines to a little strip here on the coastal plain. We will come to the Philistines in a minute.
因此《约书亚书》第一部分包含了,一种流线行，理想化的叙述，据此,以色列人在相对较短的时期内设法,攫取中央山地，将腓利士人，逼至狭窄条形地带,逼至海岸平原，我们待会儿将要说到腓利士人。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Most customers are confining their virtualized infrastructure into secure zones, or virtual local area networks (VLANs).
Additionally, confining your purchases to vendors within a geographic region does not strengthen the local economy.
FORBES: We buy local produce because it is better, not because it is local
Here, too, people could transcend the often confining social limits of the old neighborhood.