confine

• n. 境界、境界線、制約、制限
• vt. 制限；閉じ込め

con-、強調する。-fin、束縛、限界、語源的にはfinish、有限と同じ。

confine

confine: see fine

confine (n.)

c. 1400, "boundary, limit" (usually as confines), from Old French confins "boundaries," from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium (plural confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neuter of confinis "bordering on, having the same boundaries," from com- "with" (see com-) + finis "an end" (see finish (v.)).

confine (v.)

1520s, "to border on," from Middle French confiner, from confins (n.); see confine (n.). Sense of "keeping within limits" is from 1590s. Related: Confined; confining.

1. Doctors confine themselves to presscribing rather than dispensing.

医師は薬を処方するだけで薬を処方しない。

2.Doctors are trying to confine the disease within the city.

医師はこの病気を城内に抑えようとしている。

3.He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.

ヒバリを檻に閉じ込めるのは残酷だと思っている。

4.I shall confine myself to the subject of geography.

私は地理学を専攻します。

5. Confine yourself to the facts.

事実だけを言ってください。