confine

confine, imprison, jail

limit, confine, restrict

动词 confine:

1. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
   同义词：limit, circumscribe
2. place limits on (extent or access)
   同义词：restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle
3. prevent from leaving or from being removed
4. close in or confine
   同义词：enclose, hold in
5. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
   同义词：detain
6. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
   同义词：restrain, hold

1. I am sick, I have to confine to bed.
   我病了，我得卧床休息。
2. The thief was confined in a prison.
   窃贼被关押在监狱里。
3. I wish the speaker would confine himself to the subject.
   我希望演说者不要离题。

con.fine

v.（动词）
con.fined,con.fin.ing,con.fines
v.tr.（及物动词）
To keep within bounds; restrict:
限制：使局限于；限制：
例句：
Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand.See Synonyms at limit
请你把话题局限在手头的问题上参见 limit

To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.
禁闭：关闭或禁闭，尤指在监狱里
To restrict in movement:
限制行动：
例句：
The sick child was confined to bed.
这个生病的小孩不能离床

v.intr.Archaic （不及物动词）【古语】
To border.
为…的边界
n.（名词）

confines
confines
The limits of a space or an area; the borders:
边界：空间或地区的界限；边界：
例句：
within the confines of one county.
在一国的国境内

Restraining elements:
约束：限制的要素：
例句：
wanted to escape the confines of corporate politics and bureaucracy.
想要逃离团体策略与官僚制度的约束

Purview; scope:
范围；区间：
例句：
children who learned to work within the confines of the curriculum; a theory that has transcended the confines of science.
孩子们在课程范围内学习；超越科学范畴的理论

Archaic A restriction.
【古语】 限制
Obsolete A prison.
【废语】 监狱

来源：
French confiner
法语 confiner
from Old French
源自 古法语
from confins [boundaries]
源自 confins [边界]
ultimately from Latin cônfone [from neuter of] cônfonis [adjoining]
最终源自 拉丁语 cônfone [] 源自cônfonis的中性词 [邻近的]
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.和.]
fonis [border]
fonis [边界]

【引伸】
confin.able 或
confine.able
adj.（形容词）
confin.er
n.（名词）