confine sb/sth to sth
常用于将人或物限制在某个空间或范围内。
The doctors confined him to bed for a week.
医生把他限制在床上一个星期。
限制；局限；禁闭
confines — third person singular of confine
将(某人或某物)限制在特定范围或区域内；保持在某些界限内。；使不外出；邻接
to restrict someone or something to a particular area, scope, or set of limits; to keep within bounds
将(某人或某物)限制在特定范围或区域内；保持在某些界限内。
To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
一般现在时
The rules confine us to the campus.
这些规定把我们限制在校园内。
一般过去时
They confined the dog to the yard yesterday.
他们昨天把狗关在院子里。
现在完成时
The doctor has confined him to bed for a week.
医生已让他卧床一周。
限制；禁闭
The doctor confined him to bed for a week.
医生把他限制在床上一周。
用法提示：“confine”作动词，使用过去式“confined”，表示“限制在…范围内”。
The prisoners are confined to their cells.
囚犯们被限制在他们的牢房里。
用法提示：“confine”作动词，使用被动语态“are confined”，表示“被禁闭”。
This rule confines our activities to certain hours.
这条规则把我们的活动限制在特定时间内。
用法提示：“confine”作动词，使用第三人称单数“confines”，表示“限制”。
常用于将人或物限制在某个空间或范围内。
The doctors confined him to bed for a week.
医生把他限制在床上一个星期。
表示自我约束，专注于某事物。
She confined herself to discussing only the main points.
她只讨论要点。
被动形式，常指被限制在某个区域。
The fire was confined to the kitchen.
火势被控制在厨房内。
更通用，常用于规则或抽象界限；confine侧重空间或自由限制
强调数量、程度或范围的上限；confine不限于数值
语气更强，特指剥夺自由；confine可指一般性禁闭
字面或比喻性，强调物理封闭；confine更抽象
强调强制或压制，不一定是空间限制；confine常指空间
grammar · medium
易错句子The doctor confined the patient from leaving.
正确表达The doctor confined the patient to the hospital.
Confine 是及物动词，搭配介词 to 表示限制在某范围内，而 prevent/stop 才用 from。常见错误是混淆 confine 与 prevent 的介词搭配。
grammar · medium
易错句子He confined to his house during the lockdown.
正确表达He confined himself to his house during the lockdown.
Confine 作‘限制自己’时需用反身代词 (confine oneself to)，不可省略宾语；若表示被动则用 be confined to。常见缺宾语错误。
与confine作为“限制、监禁”的动词义项相对
与confine作为“限制自由、禁闭”的动词义项相对
与confine作为“关押、束缚”的动词义项相对
与confine作为“束缚、限制”的动词义项相对
restrict常接range、access等，confine常接person或oneself
constrain常用于被动或抽象概念，confine更具体
limit可接to+数量，confine接to+地点
限制在...范围内
The doctor confined him to bed for a week.
医生让他卧床一周。
限制在...之内
The discussion was confined within narrow limits.
讨论被限制在狭窄的范围内。
关押在...中
The prisoner was confined in a small cell.
囚犯被关押在一个小牢房里。
局限于，被限制在
The damage was confined to a few buildings.
损失仅限于几栋建筑。
把自己局限于
She confined herself to speaking only when necessary.
她只限于必要时才说话。
把注意力集中在
We should confine our attention to the main issue.
我们应该把注意力集中在主要问题上。
noun
adjective
adjective
adjective
con- (together) + fine (boundary)
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.