restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"同义词:limit, circumscribe
place limits on (extent or access)同义词:restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle
prevent from leaving or from being removed
close in or confine同义词:enclose, hold in
deprive of freedom; take into confinement同义词:detain
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement同义词:restrain, hold
例句
I am sick, I have to confine to bed.我病了,我得卧床休息。
The thief was confined in a prison.窃贼被关押在监狱里。
I wish the speaker would confine himself to the subject.我希望演说者不要离题。
详细解释
con.fine v.(动词)con.fined,con.fin.ing,con.fines v.tr.(及物动词)To keep within bounds; restrict:限制:使局限于;限制:例句:Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand.See Synonyms at limit 请你把话题局限在手头的问题上参见 limit To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.禁闭:关闭或禁闭,尤指在监狱里To restrict in movement:限制行动:例句:The sick child was confined to bed.这个生病的小孩不能离床 v.intr.Archaic (不及物动词)【古语】 To border.为…的边界n.(名词) confines confines The limits of a space or an area; the borders:边界:空间或地区的界限;边界:例句:within the confines of one county.在一国的国境内 Restraining elements:约束:限制的要素:例句:wanted to escape the confines of corporate politics and bureaucracy.想要逃离团体策略与官僚制度的约束 Purview; scope:范围;区间:例句:children who learned to work within the confines of the curriculum; a theory that has transcended the confines of science.孩子们在课程范围内学习;超越科学范畴的理论 Archaic A restriction.【古语】 限制Obsolete A prison.【废语】 监狱 来源:French confiner 法语 confiner from Old French 源自 古法语 from confins [boundaries] 源自 confins [边界] ultimately from Latin cônfone [from neuter of] cônfonis [adjoining] 最终源自 拉丁语 cônfone [] 源自cônfonis的中性词 [邻近的] com- [com-] com- [前缀,表.和.] fonis [border] fonis [边界] 【引伸】 confin.able 或 confine.able adj.(形容词)confin.er n.(名词)