| 单词 | to confine oneself to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto confine oneself to b. to confine oneself to: to restrict one's action, attention, etc., to; to keep to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > make moderate (behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > confine oneself to (some action) to confine oneself to1649 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. iv. 257 As a man..apt to be mis-carried by his appetite, confines himself by his vow to one dish. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Cure of Gout in Miscellanea 221 I concluded..if it [sc. the gout] continued, to confine my self wholly to the Milk-dyet. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. vi They do not confine themselves altogether to eat either ‘Bread or the Herb of the Field.’ 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. viii. 229 I shall confine myself to St. Paul. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 462 Churchill was..directed to confine himself to thanks for what was past. < as lemmas |
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