circumscription
英 [,sɜːkəm'skrɪpʃən]
美[,sɝkəm'skrɪpʃən]
- n. 界限；划界；定义
近义词
definition
英英释义
- 1. the act of circumscribing
英文词源
- circumscription (n.)
- 1530s, from Latin circumscriptionem (nominative circumscriptio) "an encircling; fact of being held to set limits," noun of action from past participle stem of circumscribere (see circumscribe). Figurative sense of "setting limits of meaning" is earliest in English.
词态变化
动词: circumscribe;