confine

将“confine”分解为“con”和“fine”，想象“con”代表一个圆圈，“fine”表示精致的线条。想象将精致的线条限制在这个圆圈中，这可以帮助你记住“confine”意味着限制或约束的意思。

confine 限制

con-, 强调。-fin, 界限，限制，词源同finish, finite.

confine

confine: see fine

confine (n.)

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.

1. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.

医生仅仅是开药而不配药。

2. Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.

医生正试图将此病控制在城内.

3. He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.

他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了.

4. I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.

我将专攻地理学.

5. Confine yourself to the facts.

你只说事实吧.

【jail, imprison, confine】
这组词都有“监禁”的意思，其区别是：
jail: (英国用gaol)多指审判之间的拘禁或对罪行较轻的罪犯的监禁。
imprison: 较正式用词，多指较长时间的监禁。
confine: 指监禁或幽禁；也指任何使行动受到限制的行为。

【limit, restrain, bind, confine】
limit: （能力或数量上）有限的
restrain: 抑制的，遏制的，可指彻底阻止也可指将……纳入控制、约束之中，强迫意味，可表示自我抑制vt
bind: 有约束力的
confine: （空间上）受限的

【limit, restrict, confine】
这组词都有“限制，限定”的意思，其区别是：
limit: 一般指事先确定空间、时间或数量的极限，一旦超越限度，就会造成不良结果。当然也可指不事先规定，而且自然的或固有的界限。
restrict: 指把某人或物限制在一定范围之内。
confine: 侧重施加不可逾越的限制，有时暗示束缚、囚禁。