confinement是什麽意思

confinement

英 [kən'faɪnmənt] 美 [kən'faɪnmənt]

n. 限製；監禁；分娩

英文詞源

confinement (n.): 1590s, from French confinement (16c.; the Old French word was confinacion), from confiner (see confine). As a euphemism for "childbed" it dates from 1774 (the Middle English expression was Our Lady's bands).

雙語例句

1. Last night he was being held in solitary confinement in Douglas jail.: 昨晚他被單獨監禁在道格拉斯的監獄裏。

2. He'd obviously kept himself fit despite his years of confinement.: 顯然，盡管監禁多年，他依舊保持著身體健康。

3. There has been a movement to support women seeking home confinement.: 一場支持女性在家分娩的運動一直在進行。

4. her confinement to a wheelchair: 半步離不開輪椅對她的束縛

5. to be in solitary confinement: 被單獨監禁

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