| 单词 | circumscribe |
| 释义 | circumscribe (once / 3074 pages) 1v 2v To circumscribe is to limit or restrict. If you spend too much time watching TV instead of fulfilling other obligations, you might circumscribe your TV-watching time to one hour daily (or two hours, if your favorite show is on). Circumscribe comes from the Latin words circum, meaning "around," and scribere, meaning "to write." If the word circumscribe causes you to think of geometry class, give yourself a pat on the back. In geometry, circumscribe means to draw one geometric figure around another figure so that the two figures touch but don’t intersect. If you studied geometry but this sounds unfamiliar, perhaps you should have taken our advice about watching too much TV. WORD FAMILYcircumscribe: circumscribed, circumscribes, circumscribing, circumscription+/circumscription: circumscriptions/scribe: circumscribe, scribed, scriber, scribes, scribing/scriber: scribers USAGE EXAMPLESTheir daily existence is circumscribed by the challenge of finding food to eat. BBC(Dec 06, 2016) Fisher’s own role as public crusader would end, circumscribed by Pursglove’s interests. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) He has continued to fight on bravely, but his podium appearances and his travels outside Japan have been severely circumscribed. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1 1v to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Hyper delineate, describe, draw, line, trace make a mark or lines on a surface 2v draw a line around 2Hyper delineate, describe, draw, line, trace make a mark or lines on a surface v restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" Syn|Hypo|Hyper confine, limit hold down restrain keep down, numberplace a limit on the number of caprestrict the number or amount of curb, curtail, cut back, restrictplace restrictions on delimit, delimitate, demarcateset, mark, or draw the boundaries of something contentsatisfy in a limited way rationrestrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war abridgelessen, diminish, or curtail immobilise, immobilizecause to be unable to move decrease, lessen, minify make smaller |
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