第三人称单数：circumscribes
现在分词：circumscribing
过去分词：circumscribed
过去式：circumscribed
及物动词
1. Their life was extremely circumscribed, with long hours of study and few of play.
由于长时间的学习和很少玩耍，他们的生活范围太局限了。
1. 外切：Circle graph 扇面图 | Circumscribe 外切 | Inscribe 内切
2. 限制,圆圈：conscribe 征兵 | circumscribe 限制,圆圈 | debate 争论
3. 限制：conscribe 征兵 | circumscribe 限制 | subscribe 订阅
4. 外切,外接：radian 弧度=角度*pi/180 | circumscribe 外切,外接 | inscribe 内切,内接
1. 约束;制约;限制
If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
e.g. The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed...
军方显然担心在他的领导下，其活动将受到严重制约。
e.g. There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.
有多项法律限制公民的权利，使其不得对他人进行人身伤害。
1. Although the administrative licensing law embodies an advanced legal spirit, time will be needed to circumscribe the traditional intrusive role of the government.