circumscribe
vt.在...周围画线,限制
难易程度:
circumscribe为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:circumscriber 动词过去式:circumscribed 过去分词:circumscribed 现在分词:circumscribing 第三人称单数:circumscribes 形容词:circumscribable
词根
scribe,script＝to write（写）
近义词, 同义词
circumscribe
/'sɜ:kəmskraɪb; ,sɝkəm`skraɪb/
v [Tn]
1 (fml 文) restrict (sth) within limits; confine 将（某事物）限制于一定范围内; 约束
*a life circumscribed by poverty 受制于贫穷的一生.
2 draw a line round (a geometrical figure) so that it touches all the outside points 画（几何图形的）外接圆
*circumscribe a square 画正方形的外接圆.
v [Tn]
1 (fml 文) restrict (sth) within limits; confine 将（某事物）限制于一定范围内; 约束
*a life circumscribed by poverty 受制于贫穷的一生.
2 draw a line round (a geometrical figure) so that it touches all the outside points 画（几何图形的）外接圆
*circumscribe a square 画正方形的外接圆.
circumscribe
v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: circumscribere, from circum- ( CIRCUM-) + scribere 'to write, draw']
[often passive]formal
to limit power, rights, or abilities
= restrict
The President's power is circumscribed by Congress and the Supreme Court.
technical to draw a line around something
a circle circumscribed by a square
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: circumscribere, from circum- ( CIRCUM-) + scribere 'to write, draw']
[often passive]formal
to limit power, rights, or abilities
= restrict
The President's power is circumscribed by Congress and the Supreme Court.
technical to draw a line around something
a circle circumscribed by a square
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