circumscription
英式音标：circumscription怎么读
美式音标：circumscription怎么读
近义词： definition
circumscription词义
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n. 界限；划界；定义
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动词: circumscribe;
circumscription英文词源
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- 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.