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confinements
分娩；生产
confinements is the plural of confinement.
核心释义
labor and childbirth
- 1.
限制的行为或被限制的状态。
The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- 2.
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
- 3.
封锁。
lockdown
- 4.
限制人身自由的行为
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- 5.
被限制的状态
the state of being confined
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
用法In use
She chose to stay with her mother during her confinement.
用法提示：这里 confinement 作名词，表示分娩、生产的过程。
After a long confinement, she finally gave birth to a healthy baby.
用法提示：confinement 用作可数名词，指从宫缩到孩子出生的阶段。
Her confinement lasted over twelve hours, but both mother and child were safe.
用法提示：confinement 表示分娩这一状态，句中作主语。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
用法优先级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。
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