circumscribes

英 [ˈsɜːkəmskraɪbz] 美 [ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪbz]

v.  限制,约束(自由、权利、权力等); 画…的外接圆
circumscribe的第三人称单数



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 约束;制约;限制
    If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

双语例句

  1. "Traditional Chinese medicine is painful" circumscribes the clinical application of the traditional Chinese compound medicinal broth, which has become one of the maximum drawbacks.
    “良药苦口”限制了中药复方汤剂的临床应用,业已成为限制中药复方汤剂应用的最大障碍,实现“良药不再苦口”是实现中药现代化的必由之路。
  2. Government licensing both determines who may be a journalist and circumscribes the parameters of acceptable reporting and commentary.
    政府发照既决定着谁可以成为新闻记者,又在给报道和评论的可接受与否划线。
  3. This thesis circumscribes its discussion on the criterion for the literary translation criticism. Based on the analysis of existent study and the theories about cognition, the author formulates a literary TC criterion system that includes the texts, the translator and the readers.
    本文旨在讨论文学翻译批评标准,并在分析前人研究和借鉴认知理论的基础上尝试着建立了一个包含文本、译者和读者诸因素的文学翻译批评标准系统。
  4. This thesis circumscribes its discussion particularly on the assessment of the quality and value of the translated text, i.e. the criterion for the translated text.
    本文旨在讨论对译文质量与价值的批评,即译文评价的标准系统。
  5. However, the rule itself says nothing about the domain or scope that circumscribes the application of tone sandhi.
    尽管如此,规则本身并没有谈到变调应用的辖域或范围是怎样的。