confining pressure[地质] 围压;封闭压力;强度;封圧
confining liquid[化工] 封闭液;立体基阵
confining stratum不透水层;不透水地层;阻水地层
confining force封闭力;局限力;保持力
confining gas封闭气体
beam confining聚束
Stratum confining拘限层
Layer confining拘限层
confining competition限制竞争
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。