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VERB
限制，限定（防止擴(kuò)散蔓延）
To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
例句
Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area...
衛(wèi)生官員成功地將疫情控制在塔巴廷加地區(qū)。
The US will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict.
美國(guó)很快就會(huì)采取措施限制沖突。
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VERB
限制(自己或自己的活動(dòng));使受局限
If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else.
例句
He did not confine himself to the one language...
他沒(méi)把自己局限于這一門語(yǔ)言。
Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business...
洋子主要是做大生意。
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VERB
監(jiān)禁;關(guān)押；禁閉
If someone is confined to a mental institution, prison, or other place, they are sent there and are not allowed to leave for a period of time.
例句
The woman will be confined to a mental institution...
這個(gè)女人將被關(guān)進(jìn)精神病院。
He announced that the army and police had been confined to barracks.
他通告說(shuō)軍隊(duì)和警察已經(jīng)被禁閉在營(yíng)房中不得外出。
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N-PLURAL
邊界;界限;范圍
Something that is within the confines of an area or place is within the boundaries enclosing it.
例句
The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory.
電影的拍攝完全是在這個(gè)廢棄的工廠廠區(qū)內(nèi)進(jìn)行。
...the wild grass and weeds that grew in the confines of the grandstand.
大看臺(tái)上叢生的野草
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N-PLURAL
限制;局限
The confines of a situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves.
例句
...away from the confines of the British class system...
超越英國(guó)社會(huì)等級(jí)制度的限制
I can't stand the confines of this marriage.
我受不了這段婚姻的限制。