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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.