confinement

英 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

美 [kənˈfaɪnmənt]

n.  禁闭; 监禁; 关押; 分娩; 产期

复数：confinements　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11450 / COCA.10696

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

• Optimal placement for continuous phase plate ( CPP) in terminal optical system of the Inertial Confinement Fusion ( ICF) driver has been studied.
  对激光惯性约束聚变（ICF）驱动器终端光学系统中连续相位板（CPP）的位置优化进行了研究。
• 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。
• The confinement of an infection to a limited area.
  感染被限制在有限的区域中。
• The preparation and the quantum confinement effects of amorphous St3N4 nanoparticles are reported in this paper.
  本文报道了非晶氨化硅纳米粒子的制备及量子限制效应。
• We calculated longitudinal confinement factor, threshold gain, optical gain and output power etc through theoretical model.
  根据理论模型计算了纵模限制因子、阈值增益、光增益、输出功率等特征参数。
• 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。
• They are in a solitary confinement in a small room with a personal guard.
  他们在1人看守的小房间里单独监禁。
• 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。
• The design uses magnetic mirror confinement to control the reaction.
  其设计利用了磁镜约束来控制反应过程。
• And then the following proposals were advanced: 1.Vehicle confinement.
  同时提出了以下建议：1.限制在用车使用。