circumscribe

circumscribe

英[ˈsɜːkəmskraɪb]美[ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪb]

vt.在…周围划线，划定…范围，限制，限定；

第三人称单数：circumscribes;

过去式：circumscribed;

过去分词：circumscribed;

现在分词：circumscribing;

名词：circumscription;

例句

circumscribe a city on a map在地图上圈出一个城市

The principal has requested all teachers to circumscribe failures in red on the report cards.这项规定要求,所有老师均要在报告卡用红笔上标出错误所在.

Please circumscribe the words which are wrongly spelled.请将拼错的词圈出来.

Here the basic method to circumscribe contradiction is paraconsistent logic.这里,限制矛盾的基本手法是次协调逻辑.

同义词

v.

circumscribe的同义词之：为某事物下定义

define

circumscribe的同义词之：环绕,在某事物周围划线

girdencirclebeltencompassenvironcirclegirdlesurroundoutlineengird

circumscribe的同义词之：限制,限定

curbrestrictencloseinfenceboundlimitrestrainconfine

circumscribe的同义词之：其他释义

qualifyspecify

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VERB

约束;制约;限制

If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.

例句

The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed...*方显然担心在他的领导下，其活动将受到严重制约。There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.有多项法律限制公民的权利，使其不得对他人进行人身伤害。

英汉词典释义

vt.

在…周围划线

circumscribe a city on a map在地图上圈出一个城市

划定…范围;限制,限定

His activities have been severely circumscribed since his illness.自生病以来他的行动一直受到严格的限制。

n.

英英词典释义

Verb

1. draw a line around;

"He drew a circle around the points"

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

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