Confines

(noun.) a bounded scope; 'he stayed within the confines of the city'.

录入:泽维尔

• It ought not to have touched on the confines of her imagination. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It does not exist upon the face of any dog without the confines of that street. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Treated as if their meaning began and ended in those confines, they are curious facts to be laboriously learned. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It was known directly, to the furthest confines of the crowd. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Where no bank notes are circulated under ?10 value, as in London, paper money confines itself very much to the circulation between the dealers. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• For a year, possibly, we may be forced to live together in the narrow confines of this tiny room. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• At that time, at eighteen, drawing near the confines of illusive, void dreams, Elf-land lies behind us, the shores of Reality rise in front. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But they felt powerful enough to leap over the confines of life into the forbidden places, and back again. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Not until we reach the extreme confines of life, in the Arctic regions or on the borders of an utter desert, will competition cease. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• From the spot I am speaking of, a cannon-ball would carry beyond the confines of Holy Land and light upon profane ground three miles away. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But my plan was unsettled; and I wandered many hours around the confines of the town, uncertain what path I should pursue. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• No, it must be sought within the confines of domestic bliss. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

校对:瓦珥