THE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

circumscription

/sur-kuhm-skrip-shuhn/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈskrɪp ʃən //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmˈskrɪpʃən) //

环节词,环顾四周,环绕,环节

Related Words

limitation限制,局限性,限度,局限 fetter羁绊,束缚,羁绊物,羁押 constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件 restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性 trammel捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣鼓,捣毁 confinement囚禁,拘禁,监禁,拘束 curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子 limit限度,限额,限定,限期 check检查,检查一下

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an act or instance of circumscribing.
- : circumscribed state; limitation.
- : anything that circumscribes, surrounds, or encloses; boundary.
- : periphery; outline.
- : a circumscribed area.
- : a circular inscription on a coin, seal, etc.
- : limitation of a meaning; definition.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrestriction

Synonyms

check检查,检查一下 confinement囚禁,拘禁,监禁,拘束 constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件 curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子 curbing路缘石,路边,路缘,遏制 fetter羁绊,束缚,羁绊物,羁押 fetters枷锁,羁绊,镣铐,铐子 limit限度,限额,限定,限期 limitation限制,局限性,限度,局限 restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性 trammel捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣鼓,捣毁 trammels羁绊,羁绊物,羁绊者,羁押物

Antonyms

allowance津贴,补贴,津补贴,补助 freedom自由,自由度,自由权,自由的 infinity宇宙空间,宇宙空间无限大,宇宙空间无限,宇宙的无限 liberation解放,解放思想,解放组织,解放军 permission许可,准许,允许,许可证

Examples

Of that mystery, of that local circumscription—in what sense it was effected, in what sense not effected, we know nothing.
Aveyron belongs to the 16th military region, and to the acadmie or educational circumscription of Toulouse.
One short distribution and circumscription of historical ages will soon place matters in a more hopeful aspect.
The defect in the work of the Dialect Society lies in a somewhat similar circumscription of activity.
In educational matters it falls within the circumscription of the acadmie of Toulouse.

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