Confine
[kən'faɪn]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) prevent from leaving or from being removed.
(verb.) deprive of freedom; take into confinement.
多米尼克整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
(v. i.) To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.
(n.) Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
(n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
編輯:梅布尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Boundary, border, limit, frontier.
v. a. [1]. Restrain, shut up, shut in.[2]. Imprison, immure, incarcerate.[3]. Limit, circumscribe, bound, restrict.
錄入:里基
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Immure, limit, bound, imprison, circumscribe, restrict, enclose, narrow,incarcerate, bind
ANT:Dilate, expand, extend, widen, unfasten, liberate, loosen, disenclose
校對:潘西
解釋/意思:
n. border boundary or limit—generally in pl.: (kon-fīn′) confinement: (Shak.) a prison.—v.t. Confine′ to border; to be adjacent to: to limit enclose: to imprison.—adjs. Confin′-able; Confined′ limited: imprisoned: narrow; Confine′less (Shak.) without bound: unlimited.—ns. Confine′ment state of being shut up: restraint: imprisonment: restraint from going abroad by sickness and esp. of women in childbirth; Confin′er. one within the confines: (Shak.) an inhabitant.—adj. Confin′ing bordering: limiting.—Be confined to be limited: to be in child-bed.
錄入:玛莎
例句/造句/用法:
- I believe many objections might be made to this system But at present I shall confine myself to one, which is in my opinion very decisive. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- At the far eastern confine a strange cavalcade strung, in single file, over the brow of a low hill. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Yet, do not confine your exertions to any one spot, noble friends! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- As far as possible he must confine himself to facts and restrain his opinions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a headache, when your stepfather comes back. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It is then not only impossible to confine sex to mere reproduction; it would be a stupid denial of the finest values of civilization. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- His men conspire against him, confine him a long time to his cabin, and set him on shore in an unknown land. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- But practical sense told them that sex cannot be confined within marriage. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But in many cases victory depends not so much on general vigour, but on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- You must leave your surroundings sketchy, unfinished, so that you are never contained, never confined, never dominated from the outside. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It was now reduced and confined to the original purpose of its institution. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It would have been had I been a Martian, but I had to smile at the puny strands that confined my wrists. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Originally no doubt, and for untold centuries, the use was confined to the hairy, undressed, fresh, or dried skins, known as pelts. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The champions were therefore prohibited to thrust with the sword, and were confined to striking. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It ought not to have touched on the confines of her imagination. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It does not exist upon the face of any dog without the confines of that street. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Treated as if their meaning began and ended in those confines, they are curious facts to be laboriously learned. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It was known directly, to the furthest confines of the crowd. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Where no bank notes are circulated under ?10 value, as in London, paper money confines itself very much to the circulation between the dealers. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- For a year, possibly, we may be forced to live together in the narrow confines of this tiny room. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The deeper the water, the greater will be the weight sustained by the confining vessel and the greater the pressure exerted by the water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- This may be accomplished by confining the articles to be treated in a chamber in which the compound is being burned. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The room, though pretty, was small: I felt it confining: I longed for a change. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I find also that the business is too heavy for me, and too confining. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The prodigal perverts it in this manner: By not confining his expense within his income, he encroaches upon his capital. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Confining yourself rigidly to Fact, the question of Fact you state to yourself is: Does Mr. Bounderby ask me to marry him? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The depravity of the human heart is such--' 'You will oblige me, ma'am,' interrupted Mr. Spenlow, 'by confining yourself to facts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
編輯:帕特里克