circumscribe

circumscribecircumscribeD.J.:[ˈsə:kəmskraib]K.K.:[ˈsɚkəmˌskraɪb]vt.1.■在…周围画线2.■划定…范围; 限制, 限定

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circumscribe['sə:kəmskraib; ,sə:kəm's-]vt.1.■在…周围画线；包围；围绕：Please circumscribe the words which are wrongly spelled.请将拼错的词圈出来。2.■划分出…的界线，立界限于，限定：to be circumscribed by laws由法律加以限定3.■标出；给…下定义，定…边界：to circumscribe with a line画线为界4.■限制；约束：to circumscribe it within narrow bounds把它约束在狭小的范围之内Their activities were severely circumscribed.他们的活动受到严格限制。5.■【几何学】使外接，使外切；为…画外接(或外切)图形：to circumscribe a triangle画三角形的外接圆It is a circle that is circumscribed around a square.那是一个正方形的外接圆。近义词limit变形vt.circumscribedcircumscribing

circumscribecircumscribe[ˈsə:kəmskraib, ˌsə:kəmˈskraib]vt.1.■在...周围画线; 确定...的界限2.■限定[制]...的范围3.■【数】使外接, 使外切4.■为...下定义circumscribed circle外接圆circumscribed figure外接形