Word · Frequency #19458
circumscribes
限制；约束；限定
circumscribes is the third person singular of circumscribe.
核心释义
To limit or restrict something within bounds; to confine narrowly.
- 1.
在......周围画线；环绕。
To draw a line around; to encircle.
- 2.
严格限制；约束。
To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- 3.
画出包含(多面体、多边形等)的最小圆或更高维球面。
To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
在…周围画线；围绕；作…的外接圆（或外接球）；外接；在......周围画线；环绕。；严格限制；约束。；画出包含(多面体、多边形等)的最小圆或更高维球面。
用法In use
The new regulations circumscribe the power of the committee.
用法提示：动词circumscribe作‘限制’解，后接宾语。
Her activities were circumscribed by her strict parents.
用法提示：被动语态，circumscribe表示‘限制’。
The company's budget cuts circumscribed our options for expansion.
用法提示：circumscribe带宾语，表示‘限制’。
Verb forms
base circumscribe · third person circumscribes · -ing circumscribing · past circumscribed · past participle circumscribed
规则动词，常用于表示限制或画线包围。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- circumscribe the power
- 限制权力
- The new law circumscribes the power of local governments to levy taxes.新法律限制了地方政府征税的权力。
- be circumscribed by law
- 受法律限制
- The monarch's authority is circumscribed by law.君主的权力受法律限制。
- narrowly circumscribed
- 范围很窄的；严格限定的
- The researcher chose a narrowly circumscribed topic for her thesis.这位研究者为她的论文选了一个范围很窄的课题。
- circumscribed area
- 局限性区域；边界清晰的区域
- The infection was confined to a small circumscribed area on the patient's back.感染仅限于病人背部一个很小的局限性区域。
- circumscribed circle
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 circum（绕圈）和 scribe（写/画）想成“画一圈线围住”，既有“环绕”又有“限制”之意。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、academic texts、official documents 作“限制、约束”解时，circumscribe 是正式用词，多用于书面和学术语境；日常口语中通常用 limit 或 restrict。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in -scribe with the final sound /skraɪb/ and rhyme with one another. Circumscribe shares the same -scribe spelling and final /skraɪb/, but as transcribed here /ˈsəːkəmskraib/ its main stress is on the first syllable, so it is not a strict rhyme with these words; keep the stress difference in mind.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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