英语词汇“circumscribe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	circumscribe
释义	cir·cum·scribe \ˈ ̷ ̷kəmzˌkrīb, -mˌsk-, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin circumscribere, from circum- + scribere to write, draw — more at scribe 1. a. : to draw a line around : encompass with or as if with a line < circumscribe a word on a page > < a voyage that circumscribes the world > b. : to surround by or as if by a boundary : bound < that the American nation was not to be circumscribed by narrow isthmuses and gulf streams — Encyc. Americana > 2. : to set limits or bounds to: as a. : to constrict the range or activity of < circumscribe a heart patient's activity > < a London physician whose round of practice remained among the poor and was circumscribed by poverty — H.V.Gregory > b. : to define, mark off, or demarcate carefully < rulership by the best and wisest under well-considered laws, circumscribed by a written constitution — V.L.Parrington > 3. a. : to be drawn around (as a geometrical figure) so as to touch at as many points as possible < a curve circumscribing a polygon > b. : to draw (as a line) around something < circumscribe a circle around a triangle > — compare inscribe 4 Synonyms: see limit
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