CONFINE

Traducere în limba română

confine¹ verb A. tranzitiv

1. a limita, a îngrădi, a mărgini, a restrânge; a zăgăzui, a stăvili;

to confine within certain limits a îngrămădi între anumite limite;

the dike confines its waters digul îi stăvileşte apele.

2. a închide, a întemniţa, a ţine închis, a ţine sub cheie;

(mil.) to confine to the barracks a consemna în cazarmă.

3. a delimita, a fixa.

4. pasiv (despre bolnavi) a zăcea la pat, a fi ţintuit în pat, a fi ţinut în pat; (despre femei) a naşte, a face; a fi lăuză / lehuză;

she was confined of a boy a născut un băiat;

to be confined to one’s room a fi reţinut în casă (de boală).

confine¹ verb B. reflexiv

to confine oneself to a se limita la / să, a se mărgini la / să, a se rezuma la / să, a se mulţumi cu / să;

confine yourself strictly to the subject limitează-te la subiect, menţine-te în cadrul subiectului.

confine¹ verb C. intranzitiv

to confine with a fi vecin cu, a se învecina / a se mărgini cu, a avea graniţă cu.

confine² substantiv (mai ales la pl.)

1. graniţă, graniţe, hotar, frontieră; hat; regiune de graniţă.

2. (fig.) limită, hotar, zid despărţitor; diferenţă, deosebire.

3. (înv.) tărâmuri, meleaguri, ţinuturi.

4. (sl., înv., poetic) închisoare, temniţă.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

But the greatest part of the day I confined myself to my cabin, to avoid seeing any of the crew.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

This unifocal tumor is usually confined to the skin.

(Benign Mastocytoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Your only blunder was confined to my ear, when you imagined a certain friend of ours in love with the lady.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

My object is to confine it to Mrs. Rushworth and the Grants.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

He then related that, the morning on which the murder of poor William had been discovered, Justine had been taken ill, and confined to her bed for several days.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“The doctor was confined to the house,” Poole said, “and saw no one.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

If Mr. Darcy is neither by honour nor inclination confined to his cousin, why is not he to make another choice?

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

"She expects to be confined in February," continued Mrs. Jennings.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Her cautions were confined to the following points.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Next day new steps were to be taken; my plans could no longer be confined to my own breast; I must impart them in order to achieve their success.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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