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

• They are highly educated people and average readers but their access to information is circumscribed.
  他们都是受过高教育的人和普通的读者，但是他们所了解的信息是受限制的。
• To reiterate, the meaning of some terms is circumscribed in the given context.
  必须反复强调，一些术语的含义仅限于给定的上下文。
• 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。
• But the way in which those moments are handled, with their circumscribed sensuality, is moving.
  但以何种方式，这些时刻处理，其感官变得优柔寡断，是感人。
• 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。
• 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 patient was placed on a very circumscribed diet; he was forbidden to have coffee, spices, or raw fruits or vegetables.
  这位病人的饮食做了非常严格的限制，他不能喝咖啡，用香料，吃生水果或蔬菜。
• The relativistic mechanics in chapter 21 is circumscribed with primary emphasis on the concepts of energy and momentum.
  第二十一章的相对论性力学主要限于强调能量和动量的概念。
• 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。
• 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。