confine
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英 [k?n'fa?n]
美[k?n'fa?n]
- n. 界限，邊界;約束；限制
- vt. 限制；禁閉
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?confines;過去式:?confined;過去分詞:?confined;現在分詞:?confining;
中文詞源
confine 限制
con-, 強調。-fin, 界限，限制，詞源同finish, finite.
英文詞源
- confine
- confine: see fine
- confine (n.)
- c. 1400, "boundary, limit" (usually as confines), from Old French confins "boundaries," from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium (plural confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neuter of confinis "bordering on, having the same boundaries," from com- "with" (see com-) + finis "an end" (see finish (v.)).
- confine (v.)
- 1520s, "to border on," from Middle French confiner, from confins (n.); see confine (n.). Sense of "keeping within limits" is from 1590s. Related: Confined; confining.
雙語例句
- 1. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.
- 醫生僅僅是開藥而不配藥。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.
- 醫生正試圖將此病控制在城內.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.
- 他認為把云雀關在籠子里太殘忍了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.
- 我將專攻地理學.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Confine yourself to the facts.
- 你只說事實吧.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》