| 单词 | circumscription |
| 释义 | circumscription (once / 50295 pages) n WORD FAMILY circumscription: circumscriptions+/circumscribe: circumscribed, circumscribes, circumscribing, circumscription/scribe: circumscribe, scribed, scriber, scribes, scribing/scriber: scribers USAGE EXAMPLES“The world of fiction,” he wrote, “frees us from the circumscriptions that society places upon feeling.” The New Yorker(May 28, 2014) The girdle or circumscription of capital letters of lead put upon the King’s coffin had only these words—King Charles, 1648.” School, A Sexton of the Old, Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (o...(2012) Their prerogative is more extensive than with us, but at the same time it has its points of circumscription. Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, Checkmate(2012) n the act of circumscribing Hyper confinement, restriction the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) |
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