1.[oftpass]~ sb/sth to sth限制；限定to keep sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area.此项工作不会局限于格拉斯哥地区。
I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916.我将把自己考察的范围限定在 1900 年至 1916 年这段时间以内。
2.[usupass]~ sb/sth (in sth)监禁；禁闭to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space
Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage.把狗关进适于旅行的笼子里。
Here the river is confined in a narrow channel.这条河在这里流入狭窄的河槽。
The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks(= had to stay in the barracks , as a punishment) .有关的士兵已受到禁闭在营房的处分。
3.be confined to bed, a wheelchair, etc.使离不开（或受困于床、轮椅等）to have to stay in bed, in a wheelchair , etc.
She was confined to bed with the flu.她因患流感卧病在床。
He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.经过那场事故后他就离不开轮椅了。
He has spurned the front-line, preferring to confine himself in youth and rural politics.
他宁可将自己局限于青年和乡野政治中也不愿走上台前。
Confine estate It did not, however, remain within the confines of his estate.
然而，这种疾病并未被局限在他的庄园内，结果在整个法国蔓延开来。
My dear creature, " she replied, " do not think me such a simpleton as to be always wanting to confine him to my elbow.
我的好宝贝，”伊莎贝拉回道，“别以为我是个傻瓜，总想成天价把他挎在胳臂上。
Some of my most pleasant hours are during the long rain storms in the spring or fall , which confine me to the house all day .
我最愉快的一些时光是春季和秋季那些长长的暴雨季节，它们使我不得不整天呆在屋里。
This would have given much more depth to his treatment of the war - or does Moore confine himself to Americans only?
这种表达手法让他处理战争时更加深入，抑或米高摩亚只将自己局限于美国人而已？
His men conspire against him, confine him a long time to his cabin, and set him on shore in an unknown land.
他的人用阴谋将他长时间禁闭在驾驶舱里，然后把他抛弃到一个不知名的陆地；
Sound-insulating floors, partitions, or enclosures are used to confine the noise within a room or to prevent noise from entering a room.
现在人们采用隔声楼板、间壁或围护结构把噪音限制在房间内部或不让噪音传人房间。
Beyond pointing out these general truisms , I shall confine my discussion to the general areas of Asia.
除了指出这些一般常识外，我将把讨论集中在亚洲地区。
New England authors did not always confine themselves to their own rules.
新英兰的作家并非永远严守他们自己的戒条。
Could you confine your discussions to the matter in question?
请你们把讨论集中在正题上。
A unique, free spirit in charge of her own destiny. . . completely immune to the forces that attempt to confine her.
这是一个独特而自由的灵魂，掌管着自己的命运。那些束缚她的人或事对她全然无效。
They are trying to confine bird flu within the farm where it has broken out.
他们正设法不让禽流感从发病的农场向外蔓延。
He decided that if he had it to do over again he would confine himself to fiction.
他决定若是再要写作他就只写小说。
He would confine himself to broad principles in order not to employ too much of the Council's time.
为了不占用“十人会”太多的时间，他愿意只讨论某些大的原则问题。
We do not claim that the portrait herewith presented is probable; we confine ourselves to stating that it resembles the original.
我们并不认为在此地所刻画的形象是逼真的，我们只说它近似而已。
And China did not confine itself to diplomatic displays of its displeasure.
而中国并没有局限于外交显示其不满。
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. -Hebrew proverb.
不要限制你的孩子在你自己的学识里，因为他们出生于另一个年代---希伯来谚语。
We confine practice to personal culture, asking ourselves to be a simple and plain man. Exactly it is of no problem.
如果我们将修行这件事限制在个人修养上面，以此来要求自己做一个纯朴的真人，认真的说是没有问题的。
The guiding principal is not to confine energies into defined spaces, but to explore the play of energy till it explodes as a wave of joy.
指导性的原则是，不要把能量局限于有限的空间，而是去体验能量的嬉戏，直到它像快乐的波浪一样爆发。
We do not think we shall confine our offer to any one firm .
我们认为我们不应只限于向一家商号报盘。
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