confinement

英 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

美 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

n.  禁闭; 监禁; 关押; 分娩; 产期

复数：confinements　

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牛津词典

noun

• 禁闭；监禁；关押
  the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc., the act of putting sb there
  1. her confinement to a wheelchair
     半步离不开轮椅对她的束缚
  2. years of confinement as a political prisoner
     作为政治犯被监禁的岁月
• 分娩；产期
  the time when a woman gives birth to a baby
  1. the expected date of confinement
     预产期
  2. a hospital/home confinement
     在医院 / 家中分娩

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 监禁;关押;禁闭
  Confinementis the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
  1. She had been held in solitary confinement for four months...
     她被单独关押了4个月。
  2. He'd obviously kept himself fit despite his years of confinement.
     显然，尽管监禁多年，他依旧保持着身体健康。
• N-VAR 分娩;生产
  A woman'sconfinementis the period of time just before and during which she gives birth to a child.
  1. There has been a movement to support women seeking home confinement.
     一场支持女性在家分娩的运动一直在进行。

英英释义

noun

• the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
  1. the restriction of the infection to a focal area
  Synonym:restriction
• the state of being confined
  1. he was held in confinement
• concluding state of pregnancy
  1. she was in labor for six hours
  Synonym:parturiencylaborlabourlying-intravailchildbed

双语例句

• Finally, the research and development course of magnetic confinement fusion in China are presented.
  对我国磁约束核聚变的研究发展历程做了简要的回顾。
• Quark confinement demonstrates the equivalence of mass and energy discovered by Einstein.
  夸克的产生被爱因斯坦证明了质量与能量的守恒。
• She's still in confinement.
  她还没出月子。
• This paper analyzes a good many of confinement factors that exist in the development of digital library e-commerce in china, and offers some solutions to these problems.
  摘要本文对我国数字图书馆电子商务发展过程中存在的诸多制约因素进行了系统的分析，并针对这些问题提出了相应的对策。
• She had been held in solitary confinement for four months
  她被单独关押了4个月。
• After the happy freedom of six months the confinement of body and soul would be doubly intolerable to her.
  过了6个月幸福自由的日子之后，肉体和精神的桎梏将使她加倍地痛苦。
• It has all the ingredients to hold a person's tormented soul: misery, confinement and fear.
  这里有着所有能让灵魂受尽折磨的东西：痛苦，监禁和恐惧。
• Her confinement was approaching.
  她的分娩期临近了。
• All you need to know is that you need to escape your confinement.
  所有你需要知道的是，你需要逃脱你的监禁。
• At the very least, you might be irritated with rules or have a sense of confinement.
  至少，你可能对规定很恼火，或者有种被限制的感觉。