VERB
约束;制约;限制
If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
例句
The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed...
军方显然担心在他的领导下，其活动将受到严重制约。
There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others.
有多项法律限制公民的权利，使其不得对他人进行人身伤害。