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

• She's still in confinement.
  她还没出月子。
• The prisoner was sentenced to three months 'solitary confinement, ie kept apart from other prisoners.
  那犯人被判处单独监禁叁个月（与其他犯人隔离）。
• The research on Inertial Confinement Fusion is of great importance in the field of Energy and National Defense.
  惯性约束核聚变的研究在能源及国防领域都有极其重要的意义。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The stability of large-scale magnetohydrodynamic ( MHD) modes is crucial to themagnetic confinement of toroidal plasmas.
  大尺度磁流体（MHD）模式的稳定性研究对环形等离子体磁约束是至关重要的。
• 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。