confine /kənˈfaɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( confining, confined, confines )

• 1. 

  V-T To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. 将 (某事物) 控制 (在某地范围内)

  例：

  Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.

  卫生官员们已经成功地将该传染病控制在塔巴廷加地区。

• 2. 

  V-T If you confine somebody or something, you prevent them from leaving or escaping. 监禁

  例：

  He was confined in an internment camp in Utah.

  他被监禁在犹他州的一个拘留营里。

  例：

  They decided not to let their new dog run loose, confining it to a fenced enclosure during the day.

  他们决定不让他们的新狗乱跑，白天把它关在有围栏的围圈里。

• 3. 

  V-T If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else. 将 (自己或自己的活动) 局限于

  例：

  He did not confine himself to the one language.

  他没把自己局限于这一门语言。