circumscribe

英 [ˈsɜːkəmskraɪb]

美 [ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪb]

v.  限制，约束(自由、权利、权力等); 画…的外接圆

过去分词：circumscribed　过去式：circumscribed　第三人称单数：circumscribes　现在分词：circumscribing　复数：circumscribes　

TOEFLGRE

BNC.19458 / COCA.16931

牛津词典

verb

• 限制，约束（自由、权利、权力等）
  to limit sb/sth's freedom, rights, power, etc.
  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。
• 画…的外接圆
  to draw a circle around another shape

柯林斯词典

• VERB 约束;制约;限制
  If someone's power or freedomis circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
  1. The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed...
     军方显然担心在他的领导下，其活动将受到严重制约。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• The host states would comprehensively adopt a broad definition and a narrowed definition in the international investment treaties to circumscribe the scope of investment disputes submitted to ICSID for preventing arbitrary expansion of its jurisdiction.
  为防止ICSID管辖权的任意扩张，东道国可在国际投资协定中综合采用广义和狭义的投资定义，以便限制ICSID的受案范围。
• The principal has requested all teachers to circumscribe failures in red on the report cards.
  校长要求所有老师把成绩单上不及格的人用红笔圈起来。
• 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。
• Circumscribe one's activities within narrow bounds
  把自己的活动限制在狭小的范围之内
• 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。
• The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed
  军方显然担心在他的领导下，其活动将受到严重制约。
• But the terms and timetable of the reforms allow the banks ample scope to circumscribe the intent.
  不过，改革的条件及时间表为银行留下了充裕的空间，对改革的含义作出限定。
• Objective: To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of circumscribe choroidal hemangiomas.
  目的：探讨孤立性脉络膜血管瘤的治疗疗效。
• Observation on the clinical therapeutic efficacy of circumscribe choroidal hemangiomas
  虹膜睫状体脉络膜炎孤立性脉络膜血管瘤的临床疗效观察
• The case is another example of a trend in international trade diplomacy – WTO member governments seeking to circumscribe their trading partners 'use of anti-dumping and other emergency blocks on imports by litigation at the WTO.
  此案是国际贸易外交中一种趋势的又一个例证，即世贸组织成员国政府通过在世贸组织提起申诉，寻求规避其贸易伙伴采用的反倾销措施和其它紧急进口壁垒。