confine verb限制
to confine封闭;局限;禁锢;限制
confine operation限期手术
confine chiefly主要限于
confine exclusively只限于
efficient confine有效边界
failure confine破坏轨迹
Application confine应用环境
separate confine分别限制
V-T（及物动词） To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. 将 (某事物) 控制 (在某地范围内)
Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.
卫生官员们已经成功地将该传染病控制在塔巴廷加地区。
V-T（及物动词） If you confine somebody or something, you prevent them from leaving or escaping. 监禁
He was confined in an internment camp in Utah.
他被监禁在犹他州的一个拘留营里。
V-T（及物动词） If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else. 将 (自己或自己的活动) 局限于
He did not confine himself to the one language.
他没把自己局限于这一门语言。