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单词 confinement
释义
confinement
noun
uk
/kənˈfaɪn.mənt/us
/kənˈfaɪn.mənt/
[U]
thesituationin which apersonoranimaliskeptsomewhere, usually byforce:
限制；关押；禁闭；监禁
Shespentmost of thoseyearsunderhousearrestorcloseconfinement.那些年她大部分时间都处于软禁或严密监禁之中。
[CorU]old-fashionedorformal
labourUK(= theprocessof givingbirthto ababy)
分娩，生产
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(Definition ofconfinementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconfinement

confinement
We note that the changes at the plasma edge develop prior to theconfinementtransition.
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It has been shown that the presence of a poloidal flow leads to two different stationaryconfinementregimes.
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In the case of methods defined in the confining package, this ensues from the otherconfinementrules.
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Within two hours ofconfinementthe first animal succumbed and others soon followed.
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We may call thisconfinementregime the quasistatic one (since it contains the equilibrium with v l 0 as a limiting case).
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Confinementsatisfaction is defined to mean that every the expression being evaluated must be visible from the enclosing method's class.
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However, this choice of non-dimensional variables overlooks a possible role of atomic processes inconfinement.
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Theconfinementrules partition the set of types and prevent types belonging to different partition from being confused with one another.
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Most commentators believed that many ' incorrigibles ' had to be interned in securityconfinementafter their prison or penitentiary sentence, in order to protect society.
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Many prison officials agreed that, as long as securityconfinementhad not become law, ' incorrigible ' inmates should at least be excluded from most benefits.
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The rationale for this physicalconfinementwas in terms of protecting the child and ensuring their safety at all times.
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The assumption of the presence of a background electrostatic potential with a radial dependence was based on observations of highconfinementplasmas.
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He was held in solitaryconfinementfor over 19 months.
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Confinementcan be viewed as strengthening visibility rules to ensure that instances of a package-scoped class do not escape their defining package.
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Confinementmust be checked only before an object is constructed.
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