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
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If the population keeps growing so quickly.
如果人口继续增长这么快的话。
I'm doing a word puzzle in this newspaper.
我在猜报纸上的字谜。
Dad, this is Zheng Jie, who I knew in Paris.
爸爸，这是郑杰，我是在巴黎认识他的。