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be in confinement
常用于表示被限制自由的状态。
The prisoner was placed in solitary confinement for a week.
这名囚犯被单独禁闭了一周。
分娩；生产
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分娩；生产
labor and childbirth
The prisoner was placed in solitary confinement for a week.
这名囚犯被单独禁闭了一周。
限制的行为或被限制的状态。
The act of confining or the state of being confined.
怀孕的最后阶段；从宫缩到分娩
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
封锁。
lockdown
限制人身自由的行为
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
She chose to stay with her mother during her confinement.
她决定在分娩期间和母亲住在一起。
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After a long confinement, she finally gave birth to a healthy baby.
经过漫长的分娩过程，她终于生下了一个健康的宝宝。
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Her confinement lasted over twelve hours, but both mother and child were safe.
她的分娩持续了十二个多小时，但母子平安。
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he was held in confinement
他被监禁。
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常用于表示被限制自由的状态。
The prisoner was placed in solitary confinement for a week.
这名囚犯被单独禁闭了一周。
通常指因健康原因被迫限制在特定场所。
The doctor ordered confinement to bed for the patient.
医生要求病人卧床休息。
特指分娩前后的一段时期。
The mother received regular check-ups during confinement.
母亲在分娩期接受了定期检查。
Not this
I confinement myself at home.
Use this
I confine myself at home.
confinement是名词，不能直接用作动词；应使用动词confine表示“限制”。
Not this
He was put in a confinement.
Use this
He was put in confinement.
confinement表示“监禁”时通常为不可数名词，前面不加不定冠词a。
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单独监禁
The prisoner spent two years in solitary confinement.
这名囚犯被单独监禁了两年。
居家监禁
The judge sentenced him to six months of home confinement.
法官判处他六个月居家监禁。
隔离措施；封锁措施
The government introduced stricter confinement measures to control the spread of the virus.
政府出台了更严格的隔离措施，以控制病毒传播。
卧床限制；被迫卧床
The doctor ordered two weeks of confinement to bed.
医生要求卧床两周。
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记忆联想：con + fine + ment，把“fine”关起来就是“禁闭”；产妇的 confinement 也指分娩期。
语域：formal 常见场景：legal、prison、news reporting confinement 表示‘监禁、限制’时，语域较正式，多用于法律、监狱或新闻报道等书面语境。日常口语中较少直接使用该名词，而更常用动词 confine 或短语 be confined to。
confinement 读作 /kənˈfaɪnmənt/，与 assignment、alignment、refinement 押韵；而 containment、entertainment、attainment 虽然也以 -ainment 结尾，却读作 /eɪnmənt/，与 confinement 不押韵。
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