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circumscribe v.限制；划一条线包围；确定...的范围；画（几何图形的）外接圆 (1) 不要把自己的学习只局限于课堂。(2) 人不应该将自己的行为限制在由僵化的条文构成的不可变通的范围之内。(3) 首先，它总能保证和一个与摄像机对齐的矩形相切。 Circumscribe comes from the Latin words circum, meaning "around," and scribere, meaning "to write." If the word circumscribe causes you to think of geometry class, give yourself a pat on the back. In geometry, circumscribe means to draw one geometric figure around another figure so that the two figures touch but don’t intersect. If you studied geometry but this sounds unfamiliar, perhaps you should have taken our advice about watching too much TV.

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英 ['sɜːkəmskraɪb] 美 ['sɜːrkəmskraɪb] (1) Do not circumscribe your study only in classes.(2) A man should not circumscribe his activity by any inflexible fence of rigid rules.(3) First, it is always possible to circumscribe a sphere in a camera-aligned quad. To circumscribe is to limit or restrict. If you spend too much time watching TV instead of fulfilling other obligations, you might circumscribe your TV-watching time to one hour daily (or two hours, if your favorite show is on). 1[VERB 动词]约束；制约；限制 If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.   [be V-ed]  [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed...军方显然担心在他的领导下，其活动将受到严重制约。There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.有多项法律限制公民的权利，使其不得对他人进行人身伤害。

英语单词	circumscribe
英美音标	英 ['sɜːkəmskraɪb] 美 ['sɜːrkəmskraɪb]
中文释义	v.限制；划一条线包围；确定...的范围；画（几何图形的）外接圆
英语例句	(1) Do not circumscribe your study only in classes. (2) A man should not circumscribe his activity by any inflexible fence of rigid rules. (3) First, it is always possible to circumscribe a sphere in a camera-aligned quad.
中文例句	(1) 不要把自己的学习只局限于课堂。 (2) 人不应该将自己的行为限制在由僵化的条文构成的不可变通的范围之内。 (3) 首先，它总能保证和一个与摄像机对齐的矩形相切。
vocabulary简明	To circumscribe is to limit or restrict. If you spend too much time watching TV instead of fulfilling other obligations, you might circumscribe your TV-watching time to one hour daily (or two hours, if your favorite show is on).
vocabulary扩展	Circumscribe comes from the Latin words circum, meaning "around," and scribere, meaning "to write." If the word circumscribe causes you to think of geometry class, give yourself a pat on the back. In geometry, circumscribe means to draw one geometric figure around another figure so that the two figures touch but don’t intersect. If you studied geometry but this sounds unfamiliar, perhaps you should have taken our advice about watching too much TV.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]约束；制约；限制 If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted. [be V-ed] [V n] [FORMAL 正式] The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed... 军方显然担心在他的领导下，其活动将受到严重制约。 There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others. 有多项法律限制公民的权利，使其不得对他人进行人身伤害。

Circumscribe Time Watching Meaning Geometry Figure 英 Sɜːkəmskraɪb] 美