cir·cum·scribe
verb/ˈsɜːkəmskraɪb/
/ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they circumscribe | /ˈsɜːkəmskraɪb/ /ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪb/ |
| he / she / it circumscribes | /ˈsɜːkəmskraɪbz/ /ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪbz/ |
| past simple circumscribed | /ˈsɜːkəmskraɪbd/ /ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪbd/ |
| past participle circumscribed | /ˈsɜːkəmskraɪbd/ /ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪbd/ |
| -ing form circumscribing | /ˈsɜːkəmskraɪbɪŋ/ /ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪbɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] (formal) to limit somebody/something’s freedom, rights, power, etc.
限制，约束（自由、权利、权力等） - be circumscribed (by something) 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。 - be circumscribed in something They are still highly circumscribed in their authority.
他们的权力仍然受到严格限制。
- be circumscribed (by something) The power of the monarchy was circumscribed by the new law.
- circumscribe something (specialist) to draw a circle around another shape
画…的外接圆
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin circumscribere, from circum ‘around’ + scribere ‘write’.