confining + noun
用作定语,修饰名词。
They lived in a confining space.
他们住在一个狭窄的空间里。
限制的;拘束的;狭窄的
限制的;约束的。;受限的;偏狭的
restricting the scope or freedom of action
限制的;约束的。
Limiting; restrictive.
The small apartment felt confining after living in a house for years.
住了多年房子后,这间小公寓让人感到拘束。
用法提示:在这里,confining 作为形容词,描述空间狭窄造成限制感。
The strict dress code was confining for students who wanted to express themselves.
严格的着装规定对想要表达自我的学生来说是一种限制。
用法提示:这里 confining 形容规定具有限制性,束缚了自由。
She found the traditional gender roles too confining and sought a more equal partnership.
她觉得传统性别角色过于拘束,于是寻求更平等的伴侣关系。
用法提示:confining 在此表示传统角色带来的束缚感。
用作定语,修饰名词。
They lived in a confining space.
他们住在一个狭窄的空间里。
用作表语,说明主语的状态。
The rules are too confining.
这些规则太限制人了。
表示主观感受。
She found the office confining.
她觉得办公室很拘束。
grammar · medium
易错句子I feel confining in this small room.
正确表达I feel confined in this small room.
动词-ing形容词与-ed形容词混淆:confining 表示‘令人受到限制的’,而 confined 表示‘受到限制的’;主语为人时应用 confined 表达主观感受。
grammar · medium
易错句子This room is very confined.
正确表达This room is very confining.
形容词含义混淆:confined 指‘空间狭小’(客观尺寸),confining 指‘令人感到拘束’(主观感受);此处强调房间带来的限制感,应用 confining。
confined 通常描述人感到受限制的状态,而 confining 描述事物本身具有限制性。
constraining 强调作用力或规则的限制,confining 更侧重空间或范围的狭窄。
restrictive 多指规则、条件等限制,confining 多指物理空间或环境的局促。
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