circumscribe

v [Tn] 1 (fml 文) restrict (sth) within limits; confine 将(某事物)限制於一定范围内; 约束: a life circumscribed by poverty 受制於贫穷的一生. 2 draw a line round (a geometrical figure) so that it touches all the outside points 画(几何图形的)外接圆: circumscribe a square 画正方形的外接圆.


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