confining

confining[kən'fainiŋ]

• vt.
  • confine的变形
• adj.
  • 限制的，约束的；狭窄的
  • 忙得不能脱身的

confine[kən'fain; 'kɔnfain]

• vt.
  • 限定范围，限制：

    I wish you would confine yourself to the matter under discussion.

    希望你只谈目前我们正在讨论的问题。

  • 禁闭；使闭门不出；(因病)卧床：

    Her illness confined her to bed.

    她的病使她整天躺在床上。

  • 监禁，关押：

    He was confined to prison for ten years.

    他在狱中被监禁了十年。

• vi.
  • [罕用语] 与…相邻，交界
• n.
  • [常作复数]界限；边界；范围
  • [古语]幽闭，监禁
  • [废语]区域，地区；监狱
• 近义词:

  limit

• 变形:

  vt.confined.confining

• switch sth↔off/on
• abortionists
• a brick short of a load （或two sandwiches short of a picnic, etc.）
• adst.feb.
• brewiss
• as well (as sb/sth)
• bioecological
• give point to
• Heaven / God / who / goodness knows!
• to that extent
• benevolent
• botryomycoses
• Biblism
• begot 或 begat
• by hook or crook
• bossets
• Araqil
• Barnato, Barney
• bander
• comfiest
• cicatrizes
• to the death
• castellan