confined
英 [kənˈfaɪnd]
美 [kənˈfaɪnd]
adj. 狭窄而围起来的
v. 限制; 限定; 监禁; 禁闭; 使离不开(或受困于床、轮椅等)
confine的过去分词和过去式
过去分词：confined
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.14037 / COCA.20015
同义词辨析
captivecagedchainedconfined【导航词义：被关押的；受限制的】
captiveadj. 被俘的，被关押的；受控制的
〔辨析〕
指被囚禁在某处、失去行动自由的，也可指做某事时受到控制、无权选择的，作后者解时通常作定语。
〔例证〕
captive animals/soldiers
关在笼中的动物/被俘士兵
Lying in my hospital bed, I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.
躺在医院病床上，我别无选择，只能听这些乏味的老故事。
关在笼中的动物/被俘士兵
Lying in my hospital bed, I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.
躺在医院病床上，我别无选择，只能听这些乏味的老故事。
cagedadj. 困在笼中的
〔辨析〕
主要用于形容动物，也可用于比喻。
〔例证〕
She trained her camera on the caged lion.
她把相机对准笼子里的狮子。
I felt terribly caged in the small office.
呆在这个小办公室里，我感觉就像在笼子里一样。
她把相机对准笼子里的狮子。
I felt terribly caged in the small office.
呆在这个小办公室里，我感觉就像在笼子里一样。
chainedadj. 被铁链锁住的；受束缚的
〔辨析〕
通常用于形容囚犯、动物等，也可用于比喻。
〔例证〕
The dog was chained to a tree.
狗被用链子拴在一棵树上。
Many women feel chained to the kitchen sink.
许多妇女感到被灶台束缚住了。
狗被用链子拴在一棵树上。
Many women feel chained to the kitchen sink.
许多妇女感到被灶台束缚住了。
confinedadj. 被监禁的；受限制的
〔辨析〕
指人或动物被限制在狭小或封闭的空间里、不能自由活动的，也可用于比喻。
〔例证〕
He was confined to a small room.
他被关在一个小房间里。
As punishment, the soldiers were confined to barracks.
士兵们挨了罚，不能离开营房。
他被关在一个小房间里。
As punishment, the soldiers were confined to barracks.
士兵们挨了罚，不能离开营房。
牛津词典
adj.
- 狭窄而围起来的
small and surrounded by walls or sides- It is cruel to keep animals in confined spaces.
把动物关在狭小的空间里是残酷的。
- It is cruel to keep animals in confined spaces.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 受限制的；被限定的
If something isconfined toa particular place, it exists only in that place. If it isconfined toa particular group, only members of that group have it.- The problem is not confined to Germany...
问题不仅限于德国。 - These dangers are not confined to smokers.
这些危险不只是困扰吸烟者。
- The problem is not confined to Germany...
- ADJ-GRADED (空间或面积)有限的，狭小的
Aconfinedspace or area is small and enclosed by walls.- His long legs bent up in the confined space.
他的两条长腿蜷在狭小的空间里。
- His long legs bent up in the confined space.
- ADJ (因残疾或生病)受困于…的
If someone isconfined toa wheelchair, bed, or house, they have to stay there, because they are disabled or ill.- He had been confined to a wheelchair since childhood.
他打小就只能坐轮椅。
- He had been confined to a wheelchair since childhood.
英英释义
adj
- not free to move about
- being in captivity
- not invading healthy tissue
双语例句
- I was confined to my house by a bad cold.
重感冒使我闭门不出。 - 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。 - The problem is not confined to Germany
问题不仅限于德国。 - I should hate to be confined within the four walls of an office all day.
我讨厌整天给圈在办公室的小天地里。 - She expects to be confined next month.
她将于下月分娩。 - In fact, the panic is overdone. As the map shows, the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain.
事实上，人们有些过于恐慌。如地图所示，干旱仅限于英国的南部和东部地区。 - McGregor must remain confined, on the basis of the medical reports we have received
根据我们收到的病历报告，麦格雷戈的行动仍然必须受到限制。 - The thief is confined in prison.
这贼被关在监狱里。 - Demands for a separate Siberia are confined for now to the lunatic fringe.
要求西伯利亚独立的人如今只局限于一小撮极端主义分子。 - They had been confined by the contract for many years.
他们被合同限制了多年。