circumscribe

UK:  ['sɜː(r)kəm.skraɪb]

US:  ['sɜrkəm.skraɪb]

过去分词：circumscribed  现在分词：circumscribing  第三人称单数：circumscribes  

v.

1.限制;约束

2.限定,限制

3.限于

4.界限,界限明显

5.在周围画线

6.在…周围画线;为…立限界

7.为…下定义

8.【数学】使外接,使外切

1 . Morphology of the androecium, perianth (tepals), and the inflorescence has traditionally been used to circumscribe genera and tribes.
雄蕊群的形态学，花被（花被片），和花序通常用来划分属和族。

2 . Republicans fear such an agency would kill off legitimate products and circumscribe banks' financial health.
共和党担心这个新机构会禁止那些合法的金融产品并限制银行的财务状况。

3 . However, due to our location, the military has the right to circumscribe the content of our newspaper.
但由于位置特殊，军队有权限制报纸的内容。

4 . A man should not circumscribe his activity by any inflexible fence of rigid rules.
人不该被任何严格的规则的不灵活障碍限制自己的行动。

5 . It was five times his squat height, and it would take thirty Unggoy to circumscribe its curved surface.
有他蹲坐五倍高，它的圆形弯曲的表面需要三十个温皋彝才能环抱。