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confinement

noun
🔊/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
🔊/kənˈfaɪnmənt/
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  1. [uncountable] the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc.; the act of putting somebody there禁闭；监禁；关押
    • her confinement to a wheelchair半步离不开轮椅对她的束缚
    • years of confinement as a political prisoner作为政治犯被监禁的岁月
    see also home confinement, solitary confinement
    Extra Examples
    • The animals are kept in close confinement.动物被关起来并受到严密看管。
    • involuntary confinement to a psychiatric hospital非自愿被限制在精神病医院
    • their confinement to army barracks他们局限于军营里的生活
    • those birds that escape confinement and adapt to new environments逃离樊笼适应新环境的那些鸟
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • close
    • solitary
    • home
    • …
    verb + confinement
    • be held in
    • be kept in
    • be placed in
    • …
    preposition
    • in confinement
    • confinement to
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  2. [uncountable, countable] (formal or old-fashioned) the time when a woman gives birth to a baby分娩；产期
    • the expected date of confinement预产期
    • a hospital/home confinement在医院／家中分娩
    Topics Life stagesc2