circumscribe
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted. 限制[正式]
The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed. 军方明显担心，在他的管辖下，各种活动都将受到严格限制。
There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others. 限制公民对他人造成人身伤害的规定是有法可依的。
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circumscribe /ˌsɜːkəmˈskraɪb/ (circumscribing,circumscribed,circumscribes)
剑桥词典
- [ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 often passive ] formal
to limit something
控制；限制；抑制
Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect . 自从这些法律生效以来，他们的活动受到了严格约束。
There followed a series of tightly circumscribed visits to military installations . 随之而来的是对参观军事设施的一系列严格限制。
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ] mathematics specialized
If you circumscribe a triangle , square , etc., you draw a circle that surrounds it and touches each of its corners .
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