circumscribe

['sə:kəmskraib]

v.限制, 划一条线包围, 确定...的范围,画（几何图形的）外接圆

词形变化

形容词: circumscribable | 名词: circumscriber | 动词过去式: circumscribed | 动词过去分词: circumscribed | 动词现在分词: circumscribing | 动词第三人称单数: circumscribes |

词义辨析

同义:

v.环绕, 在・・・周围划线

surround  encircle  circle  encompass  environ  gird  engird  girdle  belt  outline

v.限制, 限定

bound  limit  confine  fence in  restrict  restrain  enclose  curb

v.为・・・下定义

define  

同义参见:

stem  specify  qualify  

英英释义

动词 circumscribe:

draw a line around

restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

同义词：limit, confine

to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

补充

circumscribecircumscribe英:[ˈsə:kəmskraib] 美:[ˈsɚkəmˌskraɪb]vt.1.在…周围画线2.划定…范围; 限制, 限定

例句

1. His authority was circumscribed.他的权力受到了制约。 2. There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.有一些法律限制了公民个人的权利, 禁止对他人造成人身伤害。 3. The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed.这支军队显然担心在他领导下活动会受到严重制约。 4. The island rises sheer from the sea, circumscribed by steep limestone cliffs.这个岛屿完全浮出海面, 四周是陡峭的石灰岩壁。 5. To circumscribe a triangle is to draw a circle which touches each of its vertices.对一个三角形外接, 就是画一个与该三角形每个顶点都相接的圆。 6. The artist will circumscribe the painting with just one red line.这位艺术家将会画一条简单的红线, 把这幅画框起来。 7. Please circumscribe the words which are wrongly spelled.请将拼错的词圈出来。 8. to be circumscribed by laws由法律加以限定 9. to circumscribe with a line画线为界 10. to circumscribe it within narrow bounds把它约束在狭小的范围之内 11. Their activities were severely circumscribed.他们的活动受到严格限制。 12. to circumscribe a triangle画三角形的外接圆 13. It is a circle that is circumscribed around a square.那是一个正方形的外接圆。 14. their movements were strictly monitored and circumscribed.他们的活动被严格监控和限制。 15. His role as president was carefully circumscribed by the board.他的总裁权力受到董事会的严格约束。 16. plants that are found only in a circumscribed [=limited] area只能在有限区域找到的植物 17. The circle is circumscribed by a square.这个圆被一个正方形外切。