4周搞定2000+托福核心词
inscribe = in(向内) + scribe(写) = 刻写进去→题写
serif = serif(写) = 写->衬线，短细线
在周围画一个圈圈→限制住
circumscribe
常考释义
Beyond the practical need to make order out of chaos, the rise of dictionaries is associated with the rise of the English middle class, who were anxious to define and circumscribe the various worlds to conquer- lexical as well as social and commercial.
除了理清混乱状态这一实际需求之外，各种字典的产生还与英格兰中产阶级的崛起有关，他们急切的要与各种需要被征服的领域划清界限，不仅在词汇方面，在社交和商业领域也是如此。
来源于：剑雅5-Test1vt. 限制；约束
His authority was circumscribed.
他的权力受到了制约。
There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.
有一些法律限制了公民个人的权利，禁止对他人造成人身伤害。
The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed.
这支军队显然担心在他领导下活动会受到严重制约。
vt. 使外接于；使外切于【数】
To circumscribe a triangle is to draw a circle which touches each of its vertices.
对一个三角形外接，就是画一个与该三角形每个顶点都相接的圆。
vt. 在…周围画线
The artist will circumscribe the painting with just one red line.
这位艺术家将会画一条简单的红线，把这幅画框起来。
vt. 标出…的边界；确定…的范围
The island rises sheer from the sea, circumscribed by steep limestone cliffs.
这个岛屿完全浮出海面，四周是陡峭的石灰岩壁。
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