0 to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way -- 把…局限在，限制
This attitude seems to be confined to the very wealthy. 這種態度似乎只存在於上層階級中。
We know that the illness is not confined to any one group in society. 我們知道這種疾病不只局限於社會的某一個群體中。
The hostages had been confined for so long that they couldn't cope with the outside world. 人質被關押了那麽久，以致於他們對外面的世界一時適應不了。
By closing the infected farms we're hoping to confine the disease to the north of the region (= stop it from spreading to other areas). 透過關閉受感染的農場，我們希望把疾病限制在該地區的北部。
Please confine your use of the phone to business calls. 請注意電話僅限於辦公用途。
Let's confine our discussion to the matter in question, please! 請把討論集中在正題上！
Their love, in fact, is still unrequited, suspended between death and life, confined in such a voluptuous and yet unresolved oxymoron.
Comparisons of different frames for apologies show that excuse me only occurs in face-to-face conversation and / beg your pardon is confined to talk offences.
The large numbers of small-scale fishers are generally confined to inshore operations by their small vessels, low engine power, and traditional fishing gear.
Most importantly, it is confined to examining deforestation.
First, it is assumed that the mortality effects of suspended particulates are confined to the municipality in which they are emitted.
The role of the public sector is confined to assessment and the contracting out of service provision to competing non-profit and for-profit home care providers.
Funerals are public events but both the sickbed and death are confined to the seclusion of the house.
Such iconography, however, was not just confined to two-dimensional representations.
