confine
英 [kənˈfaɪn]
美 [kənˈfaɪn]
将“confine”分解为“con”和“fine”,想象“con”代表一个圆圈,“fine”表示精致的线条。想象将精致的线条限制在这个圆圈中,这可以帮助你记住“confine”意味着限制或约束的意思。
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confine 限制con-, 强调。-fin, 界限,限制,词源同finish, finite.
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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.
- 1. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.
- 医生仅仅是开药而不配药。
- 2. Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.
- 医生正试图将此病控制在城内.
- 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.
- 4. I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.
- 我将专攻地理学.
- 5. Confine yourself to the facts.
- 你只说事实吧.