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confineconfine[ˈkɔnfain]n.[常用复]1.■边界， 界限， 境界2.■范围， 限度This is outside the confines of human knowledge.这超出了人类知识范畴。
词性变化confine[ˈkɔnfain]vt.[kənˈfain]1.■把...限制在（某范围内）； 仅限于谈...2.■把...关在...里面3.■［用于被动语态］分娩， 坐月子He is confined to the house by illness.他因病而闭门不出。I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.我将专攻地理学。She expects to be confined at the end of May.她预计五月末分娩。confine[ˈkɔnfain]vi.1.■[罕]接界， 邻接（with）
继承用法confinableadj.confinelessadj.confinern.
习惯用语be confined to1.■(局)限于， (被)限制［封闭］在between the confines of...1.■之间的界线on the confines of1.■濒于， 差一点儿就the confines of a town1.■城区， 市区beyond the confine of1.■超出...的范围within the confines of1.■在...(范围)之内confine oneself to1.■只涉及， 只限于 |