circumscription

英 [,sɜːkəm'skrɪpʃən] 美 [,sɝkəm'skrɪpʃən]
  • n. 界限;划界;定义

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.

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