demarcate
/ˈdiːmɑːkeɪt/(亦作 demarcate)
verb
with obj.
1- set the boundaries or limits of给…划界:
plots of land demarcated by barbed wire.
用带刺铁丝网划分的小块土地。
1.1
- separate or distinguish from分开, 区分:
art was being demarcated from the more objective science.
艺术正在被从更加客观的科学中区分出来。
词源
early 19th cent.: back-formation from DEMARCATION.