Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11450
confinement
分娩；生产
labor and childbirth
- 1.
The act of confining or the state of being confined.
限制的行为或被限制的状态。
- 2.
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
怀孕的最后阶段；从宫缩到分娩
- 3.
lockdown
封锁。
- 4.
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
限制人身自由的行为
- 5.
the state of being confined
被限制的状态
限制的行为或被限制的状态。；怀孕的最后阶段；从宫缩到分娩；封锁。；限制人身自由的行为；被限制的状态
In use
She chose to stay with her mother during her confinement.
After a long confinement, she finally gave birth to a healthy baby.
Her confinement lasted over twelve hours, but both mother and child were safe.
he was held in confinement
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。
confinement to + noun
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。
Connections
Collocations
- solitary confinement
- 单独监禁
- The prisoner spent two years in solitary confinement.这名囚犯被单独监禁了两年。
- home confinement
- 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。
- confinement measures
- 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。
- confinement to bed
- 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。
Synonyms
- imprisonment
- 监禁；关押 · 最常用、最直接的同义词，泛指被关押在监狱或失去自由的状态；语气中性。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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