爱华网【英语词汇】
limit、restrict、 confine
佳中
这组词都含“限制”的意思。
limit多指时间、空间、数量方面的限制。名词limit后接介词 on。
1) Thereis pressure on the British Government to limit thenumber of immigrants
permittedtosettle in theU. K.
有压力要求英国政府限制允许在英国定居的移民人数。
2）Some bankers want legislation to be passed tolimit the growth of foreign
banks in the state of California.
一些银行家希望能通过立法来限制外资银行在加利福尼亚发展。
3）China has also imposes strict limits on exportsto restrain domestic prices.
为抑制国内价格，中国对出口商品也实施严格的限制。
restrict指限制行为、活动、事物的范围，其名词是restriction，后接介词
on。
1)The fat woman, who wants to get slim, has torestrict herself to two meals a
day.
这肥胖女子想要减肥，她不得不限制自己一天吃两顿饭。
2)By 1990, many municipalities had begun to restrictthe use of automobiles in
order toensure pedestrian safely.
到1990年,为了确保行人安全许多市政当局已经开始限制汽车的使用。
3)His knowledge got narrower and narrowed andrestricted to his own specialty.
他的知识变得越来越窄，只限于自己的专业。
4)As a general rule, there are currency restrictionson the sums allowed for
foreign travel.
通常,对到国外旅行允许携带的款额有种种限制。
5)Lack of machinery and lack of advanced technology are believed tobe two major
restrictionson the growth of our company.
缺乏机械设备和先进技术被认为是我们公司发展的两大限制。
confine原意是“禁锢”，引申出不可逾越出限定的范围。常用结构是：
confine …… to ……。
1) After his wife’sdeath, he confined himself to hisroom, listening to sad
music all day long.
他的妻子死后,他自己关（禁锢）房间里, 整天听着悲伤的音乐。
2）Would you pleaseconfine yourself to the topicunder discussion?
请你把发言限制在正在讨论话题内。好吗？
