confinement

noun

/kənˈfaɪnmənt/

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[uncountable] the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc.; the act of putting somebody there
- her confinement to a wheelchair
- years of confinement as a political prisoner
see also home confinement, solitary confinement
Extra Examples
- The animals are kept in close confinement.
- involuntary confinement to a psychiatric hospital
- their confinement to army barracks
- those birds that escape confinement and adapt to new environments
Topics Crime and punishmentc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- close
- solitary
- home
- …
verb + confinement
- be held in
- be kept in
- be placed in
- …
preposition
- in confinement
- confinement to
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[uncountable, countable] (formal or old-fashioned) the time when a woman gives birth to a baby
- the expected date of confinement
- a hospital/home confinement
Topics Life stagesc2

单词	confinement
释义	confinement noun /kənˈfaɪnmənt/ /kənˈfaɪnmənt/ jump to other results [uncountable] the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc.; the act of putting somebody there her confinement to a wheelchair years of confinement as a political prisoner see also home confinement, solitary confinement Extra Examples The animals are kept in close confinement. involuntary confinement to a psychiatric hospital their confinement to army barracks those birds that escape confinement and adapt to new environments Topics Crime and punishmentc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective close solitary home … verb + confinement be held in be kept in be placed in … preposition in confinement confinement to See full entry [uncountable, countable] (formal or old-fashioned) the time when a woman gives birth to a baby the expected date of confinement a hospital/home confinement Topics Life stagesc2
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