circumscribe

英 ['sɜːkəmskraɪb] 美 ['sɜːrkəmskraɪb]

• v. 限制；划一条线包围；确定...的范围；画（几何图形的）外接圆

英英释义

Verb:

1. draw a line around;

   "He drew a circle around the points"
   

2. restrict or confine,

   "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
   

3. to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Do not circumscribe your study only in classes.
   不要把自己的学习只局限于课堂。
2. A man should not circumscribe his activity by any inflexible fence of rigid rules.
   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. Please circumscribe the words which are wrongly spelled.
   请将拼错的词圈出来。
4. First, it is always possible to circumscribe a sphere in a camera-aligned quad.
   首先，它总能保证和一个与摄像机对齐的矩形相切。

经典引文

• Therefore must his choice be circumscrib'd.

  出自：Hamlet , Shakespeare

• To play lawn-tennis..in the exceedingly circumscribed court.

  出自： E. F. Benson

近反义词

【近义词】

• limit 限度
• confine 限制
• define 规定
• restrict 限制
• demarcate 划分
• mark out 制定
• delineate 描绘
• encircle 包围
• gird 束
• encompass 围绕
• circle 圆圈
• surround 包围
• environ 包围
• belt 腰带
• girdle 腰带
• engird 使佩带
• outline 大纲
• bound 必定的
• curb 路边
• enclose 圈起
• restrain 抑制
• qualify 使具备资格
• specify 详细说明
• fence in 用栅栏围起来...
• stem 柄
• in 在 ... 里
• fence 栅栏