单词 | circumscribe |
释义 | cir·cum·scribe 1. a. < circumscribe a word on a page > < a voyage that circumscribes the world > b. < that the American nation was not to be circumscribed by narrow isthmuses and gulf streams — Encyc. Americana > 2. a. < 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. < rulership by the best and wisest under well-considered laws, circumscribed by a written constitution — V.L.Parrington > 3. a. < a curve circumscribing a polygon > b. < circumscribe a circle around a triangle > — compare inscribe 4 Synonyms: see limit |
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