Containment is the work of keeping something in, so it does not spread or grow stronger. With a fire, dirty oil in the sea, or a sickness, containment means: find it, hold the line, stop the next house or the next person from being hit. You will hear 'containment measures' in health news — not always a cure, often a pause.

Containment圍堵、控管 is the work of keeping something in是把某個東西關住的作為，so it does not spread or grow stronger讓它不會擴散、不會變得更嚴重。With a fire, dirty oil in the sea, or a sickness遇到火災、海上的漏油，或是疾病，containment means圍堵的意思就是：find it找到它，hold the line守住防線，stop the next house or the next person from being hit不讓下一間房子或下一個人受到波及。You will hear 'containment measures' in health news你會在衛生新聞裡聽到「containment measures」——not always a cure不一定是治好，often a pause常常只是先按下暫停。

In older political English, especially the years of the Cold War, containment was the US idea of stopping another country's power from spreading without always fighting a huge war. Nuclear plants sit inside a thick containment building, a shell whose job is to keep danger in if the inside fails.

In older political English, especially the years of the Cold War在比較舊的政治英文裡，特別是冷戰那段時間，containment was the US idea of stopping another country's power from spreadingcontainment 是美國的一種想法：阻止另一個國家的勢力擴散，without always fighting a huge war不一定要打一場大戰。Nuclear plants sit inside a thick containment building核電廠坐落在一個厚厚的圍阻體建築裡面，a shell whose job is to keep danger in這層外殼的作用是能把危險關在裡面 if the inside fails萬一裡面出事。

Though actually, people stretch the word to any plan that holds a problem down rather than wiping it out: damage containment, crisis containment. The picture is the same: keep it inside the circle.

Though actually但其實，people stretch the word to any plan that holds a problem down rather than wiping it out人們也會把這個字用得更寬，套到任何壓住問題、而不是徹底解決問題的計畫上：damage containment, crisis containmentdamage containment（損害控管）、crisis containment（危機控管）。The picture is the same畫面都一樣：keep it inside the circle把它關在圈子裡面。

Do not mix this with a container, which is only the box or bottle.

Do not mix this with a container不要把這個字跟 container 搞混，which is only the box or bottlecontainer 只是箱子或瓶子。