Definition of circumscribe in English:

circumscribe

verb ˈsəːkəmskrʌɪbˈsərkəmˌskraɪb

[with object]

1Restrict (something) within limits.
约束，限制
the minister's powers are circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government
Example sentencesExamples
- Apart from forest controls, colonial regulations sharply circumscribed elephant hunting and ivory procurement at the turn of the century.
- The Egyptian system has allowed a carefully circumscribed amount of competition for legislative seats.
- He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct.
- Conversations about race in this country are circumscribed enough as it is, so I'm very uneasy with suggesting further constraints.
- The practice is severely circumscribed and tightly regulated.
- If one assigns to the authorities the power to imprison or even to kill people, one must restrict and clearly circumscribe this power.
- France will soon be setting new and controversial standards in circumscribing citizens' rights.
- The agency strictly circumscribes all public utterances by members of the Imperial Family.
- In the cold war, conventional doctrine held that the fear of mutual destruction would forever circumscribe escalation beyond the conventional battlefield.
- From the earliest days of the new state there were efforts to circumscribe local authority powers.
- Such delineation serves a controlling function, circumscribing the legal role women may play.
- New Zealand's democracy is quite unusual in that, rather than attempting to circumscribe popular power in order to prevent ‘mob rule’, it trusts the people.
- They see risks but are not convinced that the risks justify circumscribing popular control by overtly undemocratic means.
- His ability to pursue a confrontational policy is severely circumscribed.
- It was a period when French cinema was strictly circumscribed by the German occupiers and consisted largely of boulevard comedies.
- Both these bills use the pretext of real traumas to circumscribe freedom of opinion.
- Private patriarchy became increasingly circumscribed by laws that undermined male authority within the family.
- His authority is circumscribed by the advisory jurisdiction of the cabinet.
- Our civilian justice system has taken the view that the police should be carefully circumscribed in their ability to question suspects.
- A political party is a team of individuals circumscribed by very similar parameters.
Synonyms
restrict, limit, set/impose limits on, keep within bounds, delimit, curb, confine, bound, restrain
regulate, control
2Geometry
Draw (a figure) round another, touching it at points but not cutting it.
〔几何〕使外接；使外切。比较INSCRIBE
if a hexagon is circumscribed about a circle the lines joining opposite vertices meet in one point
Compare with inscribe
Example sentencesExamples
- This he obtained by circumscribing and inscribing a circle with regular polygons having 96 sides.
- The same circle circumscribes both the pentagon of the dodecahedron.

Derivatives

circumscribable

adjective -ˈskrʌɪbəb(ə)l

circumscriber

noun

The illustration of God as the circumscriber and measurer popularly called ‘The Ancient of Days,’ is a hand colored engraving by the poet, painter and professional engraver William Blake.
Example sentencesExamples
- The chief of Dasyus is Vala, whose name signifies circumscriber or ‘encloser.’

circumscription

noun səːkəmˈskrɪpʃ(ə)nˌsərkəmˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1Restriction of something within limits.
约束，限制
the financial companies accepted circumscription of their powers
Example sentencesExamples
- count noun domestic obligations and circumscriptions
- The disappearance of such spaces has meant the circumscription of our human possibilities, and not all the joggers' parks in the world can offer adequate recompense for that.
- Our circumscription by technology has also made us ‘autistic’ to one another, markedly eroding our social lives in recent years.
- A significant minority were actively engaged in overcoming gender-based circumscriptions around their leisure pursuits.
2Geometry
The action of drawing a figure round another, touching it at points but not cutting it.
〔几何〕使外接；使外切。比较INSCRIBE

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin circumscribere, from circum 'around' + scribere 'write'.

Definition of circumscribe in US English:

circumscribe

verbˈsərkəmˌskraɪbˈsərkəmˌskrīb

[with object]

1Restrict (something) within limits.
约束，限制
their movements were strictly monitored and circumscribed
他们的活动被严格监控和限制。
Example sentencesExamples
- From the earliest days of the new state there were efforts to circumscribe local authority powers.
- Apart from forest controls, colonial regulations sharply circumscribed elephant hunting and ivory procurement at the turn of the century.
- Our civilian justice system has taken the view that the police should be carefully circumscribed in their ability to question suspects.
- His ability to pursue a confrontational policy is severely circumscribed.
- The Egyptian system has allowed a carefully circumscribed amount of competition for legislative seats.
- His authority is circumscribed by the advisory jurisdiction of the cabinet.
- The practice is severely circumscribed and tightly regulated.
- Conversations about race in this country are circumscribed enough as it is, so I'm very uneasy with suggesting further constraints.
- France will soon be setting new and controversial standards in circumscribing citizens' rights.
- The agency strictly circumscribes all public utterances by members of the Imperial Family.
- A political party is a team of individuals circumscribed by very similar parameters.
- If one assigns to the authorities the power to imprison or even to kill people, one must restrict and clearly circumscribe this power.
- New Zealand's democracy is quite unusual in that, rather than attempting to circumscribe popular power in order to prevent ‘mob rule’, it trusts the people.
- Such delineation serves a controlling function, circumscribing the legal role women may play.
- They see risks but are not convinced that the risks justify circumscribing popular control by overtly undemocratic means.
- Both these bills use the pretext of real traumas to circumscribe freedom of opinion.
- In the cold war, conventional doctrine held that the fear of mutual destruction would forever circumscribe escalation beyond the conventional battlefield.
- Private patriarchy became increasingly circumscribed by laws that undermined male authority within the family.
- It was a period when French cinema was strictly circumscribed by the German occupiers and consisted largely of boulevard comedies.
- He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct.
Synonyms
restrict, limit, impose limits on, set limits on, keep within bounds, delimit, curb, confine, bound, restrain
2Geometry
Draw (a figure) around another, touching it at points but not cutting it.
〔几何〕使外接；使外切。比较INSCRIBE
Compare with inscribe
Example sentencesExamples
- The same circle circumscribes both the pentagon of the dodecahedron.
- This he obtained by circumscribing and inscribing a circle with regular polygons having 96 sides.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin circumscribere, from circum ‘around’ + scribere ‘write’.

单词	circumscribe
释义	Definition of circumscribe in English: circumscribe verb ˈsəːkəmskrʌɪbˈsərkəmˌskraɪb [with object] 1Restrict (something) within limits. 约束，限制 the minister's powers are circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government Example sentencesExamples Apart from forest controls, colonial regulations sharply circumscribed elephant hunting and ivory procurement at the turn of the century. The Egyptian system has allowed a carefully circumscribed amount of competition for legislative seats. He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct. Conversations about race in this country are circumscribed enough as it is, so I'm very uneasy with suggesting further constraints. The practice is severely circumscribed and tightly regulated. If one assigns to the authorities the power to imprison or even to kill people, one must restrict and clearly circumscribe this power. France will soon be setting new and controversial standards in circumscribing citizens' rights. The agency strictly circumscribes all public utterances by members of the Imperial Family. In the cold war, conventional doctrine held that the fear of mutual destruction would forever circumscribe escalation beyond the conventional battlefield. From the earliest days of the new state there were efforts to circumscribe local authority powers. Such delineation serves a controlling function, circumscribing the legal role women may play. New Zealand's democracy is quite unusual in that, rather than attempting to circumscribe popular power in order to prevent ‘mob rule’, it trusts the people. They see risks but are not convinced that the risks justify circumscribing popular control by overtly undemocratic means. His ability to pursue a confrontational policy is severely circumscribed. It was a period when French cinema was strictly circumscribed by the German occupiers and consisted largely of boulevard comedies. Both these bills use the pretext of real traumas to circumscribe freedom of opinion. Private patriarchy became increasingly circumscribed by laws that undermined male authority within the family. His authority is circumscribed by the advisory jurisdiction of the cabinet. Our civilian justice system has taken the view that the police should be carefully circumscribed in their ability to question suspects. A political party is a team of individuals circumscribed by very similar parameters. Synonyms restrict, limit, set/impose limits on, keep within bounds, delimit, curb, confine, bound, restrain regulate, control 2Geometry Draw (a figure) round another, touching it at points but not cutting it. 〔几何〕使外接；使外切。比较INSCRIBE if a hexagon is circumscribed about a circle the lines joining opposite vertices meet in one point Compare with inscribe Example sentencesExamples This he obtained by circumscribing and inscribing a circle with regular polygons having 96 sides. The same circle circumscribes both the pentagon of the dodecahedron. Derivatives circumscribable adjective -ˈskrʌɪbəb(ə)l circumscriber noun The illustration of God as the circumscriber and measurer popularly called ‘The Ancient of Days,’ is a hand colored engraving by the poet, painter and professional engraver William Blake. Example sentencesExamples The chief of Dasyus is Vala, whose name signifies circumscriber or ‘encloser.’ circumscription noun səːkəmˈskrɪpʃ(ə)nˌsərkəmˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n mass noun 1Restriction of something within limits. 约束，限制 the financial companies accepted circumscription of their powers Example sentencesExamples count noun domestic obligations and circumscriptions The disappearance of such spaces has meant the circumscription of our human possibilities, and not all the joggers' parks in the world can offer adequate recompense for that. Our circumscription by technology has also made us ‘autistic’ to one another, markedly eroding our social lives in recent years. A significant minority were actively engaged in overcoming gender-based circumscriptions around their leisure pursuits. 2Geometry The action of drawing a figure round another, touching it at points but not cutting it. 〔几何〕使外接；使外切。比较INSCRIBE Origin Late Middle English: from Latin circumscribere, from circum 'around' + scribere 'write'. Definition of circumscribe in US English: circumscribe verbˈsərkəmˌskraɪbˈsərkəmˌskrīb [with object] 1Restrict (something) within limits. 约束，限制 their movements were strictly monitored and circumscribed 他们的活动被严格监控和限制。 Example sentencesExamples From the earliest days of the new state there were efforts to circumscribe local authority powers. Apart from forest controls, colonial regulations sharply circumscribed elephant hunting and ivory procurement at the turn of the century. Our civilian justice system has taken the view that the police should be carefully circumscribed in their ability to question suspects. His ability to pursue a confrontational policy is severely circumscribed. The Egyptian system has allowed a carefully circumscribed amount of competition for legislative seats. His authority is circumscribed by the advisory jurisdiction of the cabinet. The practice is severely circumscribed and tightly regulated. Conversations about race in this country are circumscribed enough as it is, so I'm very uneasy with suggesting further constraints. France will soon be setting new and controversial standards in circumscribing citizens' rights. The agency strictly circumscribes all public utterances by members of the Imperial Family. A political party is a team of individuals circumscribed by very similar parameters. If one assigns to the authorities the power to imprison or even to kill people, one must restrict and clearly circumscribe this power. New Zealand's democracy is quite unusual in that, rather than attempting to circumscribe popular power in order to prevent ‘mob rule’, it trusts the people. Such delineation serves a controlling function, circumscribing the legal role women may play. They see risks but are not convinced that the risks justify circumscribing popular control by overtly undemocratic means. Both these bills use the pretext of real traumas to circumscribe freedom of opinion. In the cold war, conventional doctrine held that the fear of mutual destruction would forever circumscribe escalation beyond the conventional battlefield. Private patriarchy became increasingly circumscribed by laws that undermined male authority within the family. It was a period when French cinema was strictly circumscribed by the German occupiers and consisted largely of boulevard comedies. He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct. Synonyms restrict, limit, impose limits on, set limits on, keep within bounds, delimit, curb, confine, bound, restrain 2Geometry Draw (a figure) around another, touching it at points but not cutting it. 〔几何〕使外接；使外切。比较INSCRIBE Compare with inscribe Example sentencesExamples The same circle circumscribes both the pentagon of the dodecahedron. This he obtained by circumscribing and inscribing a circle with regular polygons having 96 sides. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin circumscribere, from circum ‘around’ + scribere ‘write’.
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