Confinement
[ kən'fainmənt ]
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n. 监禁，关押;分娩，生产;限制，约束;
📝 例句
her confinement to a wheelchair
半步离不开轮椅对她的束缚
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📖 牛津释义
confinement
n
1 [U] being confined; imprisonment 限制; 监禁
to be placed in confinement, ie in a prison, mental hospital, etc 被监禁, 禁闭（坐牢、 被关进精神病院里等）
The prisoner was sentenced to three months' solitary confinement, ie kept apart from other prisoners. 那犯人被判处单独监禁三个月（与其他犯人隔离）.
2
(a) [U] time during which a baby is being born 分娩期
Her confinement was approaching. 她的分娩期临近了.
(b) [C] instance of this; birth 分娩; 生育
The doctor has been called to a home confinement, ie a birth taking place at the mother's home rather than in hospital. 那医生被请到产妇家里接生.
🔁 扩展释义
*[kәn'fainmәnt]n. 限制, 被禁闭, 分娩【医】 分娩, 生产
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You say that many big companies act unscrupulously, but can you give me one example?
你说许多大公司不择手段，你能举个例子吗？
Riches do not always bring happiness.
富未必永远带幸福。
They are too high. Be careful, Jim! It's dangerous.
它们太高了，小心，吉姆！那很危险。