Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
It is no sandy plain, nor any circumscribed and scant oasis I seem to realize. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Bell was undoubtedly the first inventor of the art of transmitting speech over an electric circuit, but, with his particular form of telephone, the field was circumscribed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Even highly educated men had the most circumscribed ideas of geography and foreign countries. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
This was no actual world, it was the dream-world of one's childhood--a great circumscribed reminiscence. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
It was as unreal, and circumscribed, as a magic-lantern show. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
No, it ain't that,' said Sam, '“circumscribed”; that's it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.