c. 1400, "boundary, limit" (usually as confines), from Old French confins "boundaries," from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium (plural confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neuter of confinis "bordering on, having the same boundaries," from com- "with" (see com-) + finis "an end" (see finish (v.)).
confine (v.)
1520s, "to border on," from Middle French confiner, from confins (n.); see confine (n.). Sense of "keeping within limits" is from 1590s. Related: Confined; confining.
雙語例句
1. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.
醫(yī)生僅僅是開藥而不配藥。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.
醫(yī)生正試圖將此病控制在城內(nèi).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.
他認為把云雀關(guān)在籠子里太殘忍了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.