| 单词 | confining |
| 释义 | confining (once / 3274 pages) adj When something is confining it limits you and holds you in. If you find living in a small town confining, you probably feel claustrophobic, like there's not enough room there for you and your aspirations. The -fin- in confining is the same root that's found in words such as the French word fin, meaning "end" or "limit." The con- is the familiar Latin suffix that means "together." So when something is confining, it's like a border drawn around you. In some cases, confining can be a good thing, like when your efforts at confining the fire to the kitchen saved the rest of the house. WORD FAMILYconfine: confined, confinement, confines, confining+/confined: confinedly, unconfined/confinement: confinements/unconfined: unconfinedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe way we do things now, Will says, “quarantines electoral disputes” by confining them to one or, at most, a few states. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) It converts a difference in temperature to mechanical work by confining a single calcium ion in a funnel-shaped trap. BBC(Dec 13, 2016) By contrast, in progressive MS, the blood–brain barrier remains intact, confining the inflammation to the brain, which fuels atrophy and neuronal loss. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) 1adj restricting the scope or freedom of action Syn constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting restrictive serving to restrict 2adj crowded Syn close confined not free to move about |
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