concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child;
"she was in labor for six hours"
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
the state of being confined;
"he was held in confinement"
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary);
"the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
双语例句
1. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.
昨晚他被单独监禁在道格拉斯的监狱里。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
4. her confinement to a wheelchair
半步离不开轮椅对她的束缚
来自《权威词典》
5. to be in solitary confinement
被单独监禁
来自《权威词典》
用作名词 (n.)
It was not the faintness of physical weakness, though confinement and hard fare no doubt had their part in it. 那并不是生理的虚弱引起的昏厥，然而和拘禁及缺少饮食一定大有关系。
I argue that confinement is intrinsically impractical. 我觉得限制手段本质上是不牢靠的。
Instead of adding a new property to the dark particles, it exploits the inherent tendency of any quantum particle to resist confinement. 它不在暗粒子身上添加新的性质，反而剔除任何量子粒子与生俱来的特性，以减少限制。
Her confinement was approaching. 她的分娩期临近了。
For such an intelligent animal, this intensive confinement causes debilitating stress and boredom. 这种高密度的分娩，导致了母猪身心极度的疲惫和压力。
