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circumscribe

🇬🇧 UK/'sɜːkəmskraɪb/🇺🇸 US/'sә:kәmskraib/
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To restrict or limit something; to draw a line or boundary around something

限制,约束;在……周围划线

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
circumaround
+
scribwrite, scratch
+
eto make, having
=circumscribe

Common Collocations

  • 1.circumscribe one's authority限制某人的权力

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The law circumscribes the powers of the president.

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