circumscribe
circumscribeverb[with obj.](常作 be circumscribed)- restrict (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。
- (Geometry)draw (a figure) round another, touching it at points but not cutting it
(几何)使外接;使外切。 比较 inscribe
派生circumscribernouncircumscriptionnoun语源- late Middle English: from Latin circumscribere, from circum 'around' + scribere 'write'
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