circumscribe
circumscribe 英 [ˈsɜ:kəmskraɪb] 美 [ˈsɜrkəmskraɪb]
vt. 限制，约束；在…周围画线
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- To circumscribe is to limit or restrict. If you spend too much time watching TV instead of fulfilling other obligations, you might circumscribe your TV-watching time to one hour daily (or two hours, if your favorite show is on).
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- vt. 限制，约束；在…周围画线
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1. The power of the monarchy was circumscribed by the new law.
君主统治的权力受到了新法律的制约。
- circumscribe (v.) late 14c., "to encompass; confine, restrain, mark out bounds or limits for," from Latin circumscribere "to make a circle around, encircle, draw a line around; limit, restrain, confine, set the boundaries of," from circum "around, round about" (see circum-) + scribere "to write" (from PIE root *skribh- "to cut"). Related: Circumscribed; circumscribing.
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