| 釋義 |
confinen. 1. limit,bound,restriction限度,界限,限制。 △Oth.1.2.27:“Put into circumscription and confine.”納入(婚姻、家室的)約束和限制。 2.assigned limit,extreme limit既定限度,極限。 △Lr.24.149(147):“Nature in you stands on the very verge/Of his confine.”你的生命已經(jīng)快到了盡頭。(按:his一詞又作her,意思相同,均指Nature in you.) 3. place of confinement,prison,prison cell拘留所,監(jiān)獄,牢房。 △Ham.1.1.155: “To his confine,”回到自己的拘留地。 △Ham.2.2.255(245): “A goodly one,inwhich there are many confines,wards and dungeons,Denmark being one of the worst.”一所很大的監(jiān)獄,里面有許多的牢房、囚室和地牢;丹麥是其中最壞的一個。 4. region,territory,state,country地區(qū),領(lǐng)土,國家。 △2H.IV.4.5.122(123):“Now,neighbour confines, purge you of your scum.”現(xiàn)在,鄰近的國家,把你們的社會渣滓都清洗出來吧。
confinevt. 1. limit,bound,restrict,restrain 限定,限制,抑制。 △Tw.1.3.8: “Ay,but you must confine yourselfwithin the modest limits of order.”是,可是你也得遵守一定的規(guī)矩。 △Lr.1.2.25: “Confined to exhibition?”限定只有津貼費? △2H.Ⅳ.1.1.153: “Now let notNature’s hand/Keep the wild flood confined,”現(xiàn)在讓自然的巨手不要限制狂潮的泛濫。 2. limit exactly,state or define with precision嚴格限制,確切地闡明或規(guī)定。 △2H.Ⅳ. 4.1.174(172): “Andpresent execution of our wills/To us and to our pur-poses confined,”與我們和我們的建議有關(guān)的要求必須立即實現(xiàn),這一點有了確切規(guī)定。(按:confined又作consigned =assigned,指定。) 3. dress給…穿衣,打扮。 △Tw.1.3.10: “Confine? I’llconfine myself no finer than I am.”規(guī)矩? 我不能打扮得再規(guī)矩了。 confine[k?n?fain]v. 限制,封閉,約束,禁閉,幽禁[?k?nfain]n.界限,范圍,區(qū)域,疆界,界線 ◇ be confined to局限于 beyond the confines of超出…的范圍 confine a ballot (vote)確認投票有效 confine oneself to局限于,受約束 confine sb. to將某人限制在…范圍內(nèi) on the confines of在…范圍 within the confines of在…范圍內(nèi) ‖ confined event秘密競賽 confined explosion局部爆炸 confined group監(jiān)禁團體 confined training封閉訓(xùn)練 confined adj.有限的,局限的,(受)約束的,狹窄的 confinement n.禁閉,限制,監(jiān)禁,拘留設(shè)施,禁閉軍官 confinement n. 限制,監(jiān)禁 |