circumscribe
circumscribe 英 [ˈsɜ:kəmskraɪb] 美 [ˈsɜrkəmskraɪb]
vt. 外切，外接；限制；在…周围画线
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- To circumscribe is to limit or restrict. If you spend too much time watching TV instead of fulfilling other obligations, you might circumscribe your TV-watching time to one hour daily (or two hours, if your favorite show is on).
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- vt. 外切，外接；限制；在…周围画线
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1. China would try to push American power as far away from its borders as it could, circumscribe the scope of American naval power, and reduce America's weight in international diplomacy.
中国会竭力将美国的影响力从其边境排除出去，限制美国的海军力量，降低美国在国际外交领域的重要性。
- circumscribe (v.) late 14c., "to encompass; confine, restrain, mark out bounds or limits for," from Latin circumscribere "to make a circle around, encircle, draw a line around; limit, restrain, confine, set the boundaries of," from circum "around, round about" (see circum-) + scribere "to write" (from PIE root *skribh- "to cut"). Related: Circumscribed; circumscribing.
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