circumscribe ['sə:kəmskraib, ,sə:kəm's-]

英汉解释

vt. 限制；在…周围画线

同义词

v. confine，limit

参考例句

1. to circumscribe it within narrow bounds
把它约束在狭小的范围之内
2. 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。
3. It was five times his squat height, and it would take thirty Unggoy to circumscribe its curved surface.
有他蹲坐五倍高，它的圆形弯曲的表面需要三十个温皋彝才能环抱。

英英解释

v.
  1. draw a line around
  2. restrict or confine,
  3. to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

网络释义

Circumscribe
外切; 限制; 限制,立界限; 外接;
restrict astrict circumscribe confine imprison limit tether
限制;