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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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