单词:confine
发音:/kənˈfaɪn/
词性:动词(verb)
“Confine” 作动词时,主要意思是“限制;禁闭;使局限于”。常用于表示将某人或某物限制在某个特定的范围、空间或条件下。
例句 1:The patient was confined to bed for a week due to the flu.
(这位病人因流感卧床一周。)
例句 2:Please confine your comments to the topic at hand.
(请将你的评论限制在当前话题内。)
例句 3:During the lockdown, people were confined to their homes.
(封控期间,人们被限制在家中。)
同义词:restrict, limit, restrain, imprison, detain
反义词:free, release, liberate, expand
注意:“confine” 通常带有“被动受限”或“强制限制”的意味,语气比 “limit” 更强。此外,它一般不用于主动自愿的限制(此时更常用 “limit” 或 “restrict”)。