confine
US: /kənˈfaɪn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
confine /kən'fain/
- ngoại động từ
- giam giữ, giam hãm, giam cầm, nhốt giữ lại
- to be confined to one's room: bị giam hãm trong buồng (không được ra vì ốm...)
- hạn chế
- to confine oneself to the subject: tự hạn chế trong phạm vi vấn đề
- giam giữ, giam hãm, giam cầm, nhốt giữ lại
- nội động từ
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) (+ on, to, with) tiếp giáp với, giáp giới với
- to be confined
- ở cữ, đẻ
- to be confined to one's bed
- bị liệt giường
- danh từ
- ((thường) số nhiều) biên giới
- (nghĩa bóng) ranh giới (giữa hai loại ý kiến...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 ~ sb/sth to sth [often passive] to keep sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
Synonym: RESTRICT
The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area. + I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916.
2 ~ sb/sth (in sth) [usually passive] to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space: Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage. + Here the river is confined in a narrow channel. + The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punishment)
3 be confined to bed, a wheelchair, etc. to have to stay in bed, in a WHEELCHAIR, etc: She was confined to bed with the flu. + He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
entirely, exclusively, solely, strictly, totally
Reliance on state funding is not confined solely to industry.
| increasingly | largely, mainly, principally
The discussion will be confined largel to general principles.
| generally, normally | effectively | by no means, not necessarily
Poverty and deprivation are by no means confined to the north of the country.
PREP.
to
Let's confine our attention to the problem of illegal drugs.
Concise English dictionary
confines|confined|confining'kɒnfaɪn
verb
+restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
+place limits on (extent or access)
+prevent from leaving or from being removed
+close in or confine
+deprive of freedom; take into confinement
+to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
