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confine怎么读

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confine是什么意思

  • n. 界限,边界;约束;限制
  • vt. 限制;禁闭

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confine的词态变化


第三人称单数: confines;过去式: confined;过去分词: confined;现在分词: confining;

中文词源


confine 限制

con-, 强调。-fin, 界限,限制,词源同finish, finite.

英文词源


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.

confine的双语例句


1. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.
医生仅仅是开药而不配药。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.
医生正试图将此病控制在城内.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.
我将专攻地理学.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. Confine yourself to the facts.
你只说事实吧.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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