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　　考研英语第80课 限制

　　• circumscribe [ˈsɜ:kəmskraɪb]

　　• "circum" ---- circle, cycle

　　• scribe (n.) 抄写员;作家 (vt.) 写下，记下

　　• (vt.) 在…周围画线;限制

　　The President’s power is circumscribed by Congress and the Supreme Court.

　　总统的权力受到国会和最高法院的制约。

　　The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed.

　　军方明显担心，在他的管辖下，各种活动都将受到严格限制。

　　There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.

　　限制公民对他人造成人身伤害的规定是有法可依的。

　　• to circumscribe it within narrow bounds

　　• 把它约束在狭小的范围之内