解释
- n. 界限；划界；定义
※ 提供单词"circumscription"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- 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.