confine

1. V-T To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. 將 (某事物) 控制 (在某地範(fàn)圍內(nèi))

Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area. 衛(wèi)生官員們已經(jīng)成功地將該傳染病控制在塔巴廷加地區(qū)。

2. V-T If you confine somebody or something, you prevent them from leaving or escaping. 監(jiān)禁

He was confined in an internment camp in Utah. 他被監(jiān)禁在猶他州的一個(gè)拘畱營裡。

They decided not to let their new dog run loose, confining it to a fenced enclosure during the day. 他們決定不讓他們的新狗亂跑，白天把它關(guān)在有圍欄的圍圈裡。

3. V-T If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else. 將 (自己或自己的活動(dòng)) 侷限於

He did not confine himself to the one language. 他沒把自己侷限於這一門語言。