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词组 confine
释义 confine
confinev. [kǝn′faɪn] (confines; confined; confining)
双解释义
1. vt.限制;局限于  keep or hold, restrict, within limits
2. vt.禁闭;管制;关起来  keep shut up
基本要点
1. confine的基本意思是“限制”“约束”“划界”,用作及物动词时指“把…限制在…范围内,限制的范围多是狭窄的空间,即“绝对不许越过或不能超出一定的范围或限度”,引申可表示严格管束或监禁,即“把…关在…里”“禁闭”等。
2. confine的主语可以是人,也可以是物,可接名词或代词作宾语,宾语后面也常可接介词,接to时多表示“限制在…范围内”;接within时多表示“把…关在…里面”。
词汇搭配
~+名词
 ~ one's activities 限制活动
 ~ the disease 控制疾病
 ~ the fire 控制大火
 ~ the flood water 挡住洪水
 ~ the prisoner 押禁犯人
 ~ the study of modern languages 只学习现代语言
 ~ the subject 限制题目
 ~ thief 把小偷关起来
~+副词
 ~ chiefly 主要限于
 ~ completely 完全限于
 ~ exclusively 只限于
 ~ strictly 严格地限制
~+介词
 ~ sb at hard labour 服苦役
 ~ sth by an enclosure 用篱笆围起来
 ~ in a dungeon 被关在地牢里
 ~ of a girl 生个女孩
 ~ on a country 与一个国家接壤
 ~ to (使)限制在…
 ~ sb to bed (因病)卧床
 ~ to quarters 禁闭
 ~ sth to a small area 控制在一个小范围内
 ~ to one topic 局限在一个主题内
 ~ within doors 不得出家门
 ~ within very narrow limits 深受局限
 ~ within the problem 以这个问题为限
句型例句
用作及物动词
▲ S+~+n./pron.
 He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage. 他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。
 Dikes confined the flood water. 堤防挡住了洪水。
 She confined her activities in educational circles. 她把她的各项活动都限制在教育圈内。
◇ 用于be ~ed结构
 The thief is confined in prison. 这贼被关在监狱里。
 Since theft has become his habit, he should be confined. 偷盗既然成了他的习惯,就该把他关起来。
常用短语
 ♣ confine to (v.+prep.)
 限于…之内 limit sb/sth to sth such as a place or subject
▲ confine oneself/sb/sth to sth
 Illness confined him to his room. 他因病呆在屋里。
 He has confined himself to the study of modern languages. 他只学习现代语言。
 Please confine your remarks to the subject under discussion. 请把你的话题限于我们所讨论的题目范围之内。
◇ 用于be ~ed结构
 The edition is confined to 5000 copies. 这一版书限出5000册。
 Our knowledge about agriculture has so far been exclusively confined to books. 我们对农业的知识至今只限于书本上所说的。
 For the time being the call-up will be confined to men under the age of twenty-five. 眼下征召令将限于二十五岁以下的男子。
 ♣ confine within (v.+prep.)
 关在…里 limit sb/sth within sth such as an area
▲ confine sth within sth
 Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city. 医生正试图将此病控制在城内。
◇ 用于be ~ed结构
 I should hate to be confined within the four walls of an office all day. 我讨厌整天关在办公室里。
词语辨异
 ♣ confine, limit
 这组词都有“使…局限于”的意思。它们之间的区别是:
1. confine意味着不能超出一定的范围或限制。
2. limit除了具有confine上述的意思之外,还有“预先定下标准、界限,不许越过,不然将受惩罚或遭受不利”的意思。
3. confine的过去分词confined表示“受禁闭”; limit的过去分词limited表示“很有限”“贫乏”。
学习参考
 confine 是及物动词,表示“使…局限于”,因此在使用时要注意主动语态和被动语态的差别。例如:
他的谈话只讲到两个题目。
[误]His talk confined to two topics.
[正]His talk is confined to two topics.

堤防挡住了洪水。
[误]Dikes is confined by the flood water.
[正]Dikes confined the flood water.

confinen. [kǝn′faɪn] (confines)
双解释义
P 界限,范围 limits; borders
词汇搭配
介词+~
 beyond the ~s of 在…之外
 on the ~ of 濒于,差一点儿(就)
 out of the ~s of 在…之外
 within the ~s of 在…之内
句型例句
 He was not permitted to pass beyond the confines of his house. 他不得走出房子的范围。
 This is outside the confines of human knowledge. 这是在人类知识的范围之外。
词语辨异
 ♣ confine, bound, limit
 参见limit条。
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