circumscription
英 [,sɜːkəm'skrɪpʃən]
美 [,sɝkəm'skrɪpʃən]
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.