circumscribed

英 [ˈsɜːkəmskraɪbd]

美 [ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪbd]

v.  限制，约束(自由、权利、权力等); 画…的外接圆
circumscribe的过去分词和过去式

过去式：circumscribed　

BNC.33333 / COCA.27901

柯林斯词典

• VERB 约束;制约;限制
  If someone's power or freedomis circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• subject to limits or subjected to limits
  Synonym:limited

双语例句

• Circumscription: The act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed.
  限制的行为或被限制的状态。
• A circumscribed geographical region characterized by some distinctive features.
  以特有的外貌或特点周围受限制的地理区域。
• The circumscribed mass lesion present here in the sella turcica is a pituitary adenoma.
  蝶鞍内的边界清楚的肿块为垂体腺瘤。
• Their life was extremely circumscribed, with long hours of study and few of play.
  由于长时间的学习和很少玩耍，他们的生活范围太局限了。
• Yet the co-operation has been tightly circumscribed from the start.
  然而合作自从开始就被牢牢划定了范围。
• It is impossible to specify a clearly circumscribed ( or delimited) area for any particular science.
  为任何独特的科学指定明确限定的领域都是不可能的。
• 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。
• She hungered for some contact outside her own circumscribed world.
  她渴望跳出自己的小圈圈与外界有所接触。
• The Court has adhered to this notion that reputational harm tends to show a deprivation of liberty, but has circumscribed it in a number of ways.
  最高法院一直坚持此见解&声誉损害倾向于表明剥夺自由，但以若干方式约束了这一见解。
• The new rules do not affect foreign newspapers or broadcasters in China, which are subject to different regulatory regimes but whose activities are also closely circumscribed.
  这一新规则并不影响外国报纸或广播电视公司的在华业务，因为它们隶属于不同的监管机构。但他们的活动同样受到严格限制。