confine 用法详解

confine 是一个常用英语动词，主要表示“限制、禁闭、局限于”等含义。它常用于正式或书面语中，适用于多种语境。

一、基本释义

• vt. 限制；约束；禁闭
  例：The patient was confined to bed for a week.（病人卧床一周。）
• vt. 使局限于（某范围、领域等）
  例：We should not confine our thinking to traditional methods.（我们不应把思维局限于传统方法。）

二、常见搭配

• confine someone/something to + 地点/范围
  （将某人/某物限制在……）
• confine oneself to + 某事
  （自我限制于……）
• be confined to bed/hospital/home
  （卧床/住院/居家隔离）

三、语法注意

confine 是及物动词，后面必须接宾语。不能单独使用，如不能说 “He confined.” 而应说 “He confined himself to his room.”

四、实用例句

1. The virus outbreak confined many people to their homes.
2. Don’t confine your research to just one source.
3. She confined her comments to the topic at hand.
4. During the storm, we were confined indoors for two days.

五、近义词辨析

restrict 更强调规则或外部施加的限制；limit 侧重数量或程度上的限制；而 confine 更强调空间或范围上的封闭性限制。