基本释义
confine(动词 /kənˈfaɪn/)
常见用法
confine someone/something to...:将某人/某物限制在……
confine oneself to...:自我限制于……
within the confines of...:在……的范围内
例句参考
- The patient was confined to bed for a week.
(病人卧床一周。)
- Please confine your comments to the topic at hand.
(请将你的评论限制在当前话题内。)
- She felt confined by the rules of the organization.
(她感到被组织的规则所束缚。)
- The discussion was confined within the confines of academic theory.
(讨论仅限于学术理论范畴。)
同义词与辨析
restrict、limit、constrain 都有“限制”之意,但:
- confine 更强调空间或范围上的封闭或局限;
- restrict 常指通过规则或外部力量加以限制;
- constrain 多用于抽象限制,如情感、行为等。