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confine verb ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBentirely, exclusively, solely, strictly, totally 完全限制；仅仅局限于；严格限制increasingly 愈加限制essentially, largely, mainly, mostly, primarily 本质上／大体上／主要／大多数／首先局限于◆The discussion will be confined largely to general principles.讨论主要局限于整体原则。generally, normally, typically 一般／通常／典型地局限于◆Condemned prisoners are typically confined to small cells for 23 hours a day.死刑犯通常一天有 23 小时被关押在很小的牢房里。◆These small mammals are generally confined to the south of the island.这些小型哺乳动物一般只出没于该岛南部。by no means, hardly, not just, not necessarily 绝不／很少／不仅／不一定限于◆Poverty and deprivation are by no means confined to the north of the country.贫困并不仅仅只存在于这个国家的北部。safely (especially NAmE) 安全地局限于◆Not all horror stories are safely confined to the television set or movie screen.并非所有恐怖故事都安全地只出现在电视或电影中。PREPOSITIONto 限制在⋯◆Let's confine our attention to the problem of illegal drugs.让我们把注意力集中在违禁药物的问题上。◆She's been confined to a wheelchair since having a bad fall.她自从摔了一大跤后就只能一直坐轮椅了。◆They confined themselves to purely economic matters.他们将自己局限于纯粹的经济问题上。 |