| 单词 | circumscribe |
| 释义 | circumscribe —circumscribable, adj. —circumscriber, n. /serr"keuhm skruyb', serr'keuhm skruyb"/, v.t., circumscribed, circumscribing. 1. to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map. 2. to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, esp. narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations. 3. to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science. 4. Geom. a. to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. b. (of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner. [1350-1400; ME < L circumscribere, equiv. to circum- CIRCUM- + scribere to write] Syn. 2. restrict, restrain, check, hamper, hinder. |
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