单词 | circumscribe |
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音标 | ['sə:kəmskraib] |
解释 | v.限制 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 限制 (to restrict; restrain; limit) 【记】 circum(绕圈)+scribe (画)→画一个圈子→ 限制 【同】 同根词:describe(描 述); prescribe(开处方, 规定) 【例】 Rules set down by her parents circumscribed her activities. |
字源 | circumscribe (v.) late 14c., from Latin circumscribere "to make a circle around, encircle, draw a line around; limit, restrain, confine, set the boundaries of," from circum- "around" (see circum-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)). Related: Circumscribed; circumscribing. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 限制; 约束 = restrict = restrain = limit 【例】Their life was extremely circumscribed 他们的生活范围太局限了. 【记】circum圈, scribe画-画一个圈-限制(想想唐僧被孙悟空划一个圈, 限制他的自由) 【参】describe(v 描述); prescribe(v 开处方, 规定) 【反】circumscribed(限制的)-unlimited(无限的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】circum 周围 + scribe 写→在.周围画线,限制 【相关】ascribe 归功于、归咎于某人, circumscribe 在.周围画线, 限制 ,conscribe 征召,强召入伍,describe描写 记述,inscribe写,刻,记下,prescribe 指示,规定,开处方,proscribe 禁止,scribble乱写,subscribe 赞成,签署,superscribe 将(姓名和住址)写在信封,包裹上,transcribe 转录 |
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