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circumscribe v.限制 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. 【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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['sə:kəmskraib] 【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. 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)

单词	circumscribe
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

Circumscribe 限制 V 规定 Set Circumscribed Sə:Kəmskraib V.限制